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Real estate businesses in Orange County, TX
How Orange 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #163 of 2,229 scored counties
#18 of 156 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 44
- 5 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $486.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,007 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 255
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.6
- 65% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 86,266
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Orange County is 72 (upper middle), #163 of 2,229 scored counties and #18 of 156 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for real estate businesses.
At $15,007 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Orange County spend about $486.8M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.6 times 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 Orange County as of September 2026. 5 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.6, 65% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Orange County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 1,545 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates show Orange County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Orange 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.
| Measure | Orange County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.6 | 37.1 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 255 | 98 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,545 | 473 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.6% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,007 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $72,104 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 185Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 445 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 112The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Orange 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 Orange County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 86,266+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 32,437
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 334 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 256
- Median household income
- $72,104+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,821
- Median home value
- $173,400
- Jobs located here
- 21,842
- Daytime population
- 69,740Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Liberty County, TX | 86 | 41 | 13.1 | 258 | +31.3% | #4 of 2,229 |
| 2San Jacinto County, TX | 83 | 11 | 10.1 | 321 | +7.1% | #11 of 2,229 |
| 3Chambers County, TX | 83 | 29 | 16.8 | 237 | +22.6% | #12 of 2,229 |
| 4Burleson County, TX | 80 | 12 | 15.2 | 222 | +16.2% | #29 of 2,229 |
| 5Rusk County, TX | 79 | 12 | 6.7 | 502 | +5.0% | #35 of 2,229 |
| 6Jackson County, TX | 79 | 5 | 8.3 | 400 | +2.6% | #40 of 2,229 |
| 7Jones County, TX | 78 | 5 | 8.5 | 378 | +6.1% | #51 of 2,229 |
| 8Waller County, TX | 78 | 26 | 14.2 | 264 | +21.9% | #57 of 2,229 |
| 9Clay County, TX | 77 | 6 | 14.0 | 252 | +5.0% | #72 of 2,229 |
| 10Fannin County, TX | 76 | 23 | 18.0 | 192 | +9.2% | #92 of 2,229 |
| 18Orange County, TX | 72 | 44 | 13.6 | 255 | +1.8% | #163 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Orange County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in Orange County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 44 real estate businesses in Orange County. 5 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 185 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Orange County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $486.8M a year, or $15,007 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 44 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.6 times 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 32,437 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orange County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Orange County has 13.6 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 255, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Orange County would have about 112, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,545 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Orange County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Orange County at 86,266 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,437 households. Median household income in Orange County is $72,104, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.4%, 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. Orange County scores 72 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #163 of 2,229 scored counties.
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