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Real estate businesses in Medina County, TX

How Medina County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #518 of 2,229 scored counties
#48 of 156 scored counties in Texas

Listings
44
7 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$270.2M
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,176 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
142
42% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.7
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
56,881
+11.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $15,176 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Medina County spend about $270.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 42% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.

There are 44 real estate businesses on map listings in Medina County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 24.7 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Medina County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 937 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 231 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $35K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Medina County.

Population estimates put the population change in Medina County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Medina County is 62 (upper middle), #518 of 2,229 scored counties and #48 of 156 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Medina County compares

The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.

Real estate in Medina County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMedina CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.737.138.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)14298100
Households per official establishment937473414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.6%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,176$15,682$16,661
Median household income$78,074$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6253

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 19
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
231Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
447 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$35K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Medina County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Medina County

Population, 2025 estimate
56,881+11.4% since 2020
Households
17,804
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,325 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$78,074+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,735
Median home value
$239,600
Jobs located here
9,140
Daytime population
39,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Liberty County, TX864113.1258+31.3%#4 of 2,229
2San Jacinto County, TX831110.1321+7.1%#11 of 2,229
3Chambers County, TX832916.8237+22.6%#12 of 2,229
4Burleson County, TX801215.2222+16.2%#29 of 2,229
5Rusk County, TX79126.7502+5.0%#35 of 2,229
6Jackson County, TX7958.3400+2.6%#40 of 2,229
7Jones County, TX7858.5378+6.1%#51 of 2,229
8Waller County, TX782614.2264+21.9%#57 of 2,229
9Clay County, TX77614.0252+5.0%#72 of 2,229
10Fannin County, TX762318.0192+9.2%#92 of 2,229
48Medina County, TX624424.7142+11.4%#518 of 2,229

Other business types in Medina County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Medina County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 44 real estate businesses in Medina County. 7 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 231 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Medina County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $270.2M a year, or $15,176 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 44 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 42% above the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,804 households in Medina County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Medina County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Medina County has 24.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 142, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Medina County would have about 62, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 937 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Medina County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Medina County at 56,881 people in 2025, up 11.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,804 households. Median household income in Medina County is $78,074, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Medina County scores 62 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #518 of 2,229 scored counties.

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