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Real estate businesses in Sabine County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Sabine County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,126 of 2,229 scored counties
#155 of 156 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 18
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $64.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,863 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 83
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 38.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,012
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
For real estate businesses, Sabine County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #2,126 of 2,229 scored counties and #155 of 156 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 real estate businesses in Sabine County. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 38.7 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Sabine County comes to about $64.5M a year: $13,863 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 17% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Sabine County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Sabine County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Sabine 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 | Sabine County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 38.7 | 37.1 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 83 | 98 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 473 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.6% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,863 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $66,585 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 180 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Sabine 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 Sabine County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,012+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,649
- Median age
- 50.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $66,585+90.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,184
- Median home value
- $153,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,322
- Daytime population
- 9,215Residents 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 |
| 155Sabine County, TX | 28 | 18 | 38.7 | 83 | +1.2% | #2,126 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Sabine 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 Sabine County, TX?
Sabine County has 18 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. No official count is published for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Sabine County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Sabine County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $64.5M a year, or $13,863 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 18 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 17% below 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,649 households in Sabine County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sabine County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Sabine County has 38.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 83, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Sabine County would have about 15, against 18 on map listings.
How fast is Sabine County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Sabine County at 10,012 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,649 households. The median household income in Sabine County is $66,585 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 90.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Sabine County scores 28 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #2,126 of 2,229 scored counties.
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