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Real estate businesses in Shelby County, TX
The real estate businesses in Shelby County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,204 of 2,229 scored counties
#100 of 156 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $123.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,216 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 204
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.9
- 61% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,286
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Shelby County spend about $123.8M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,216 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is twice 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.
Shelby County has 14 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That is 14.9 per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Shelby County in 2023. That is one for every 669 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 45 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Shelby County grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Shelby County is 47 (lower middle), #1,204 of 2,229 scored counties and #100 of 156 scored counties in Texas.
How Shelby 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 | Shelby County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.9 | 37.1 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 204 | 98 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 669 | 473 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.6% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,216 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $49,776 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 45Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,286+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 9,366
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 796 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $49,776+17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,187
- Median home value
- $101,500
- Jobs located here
- 8,915
- Daytime population
- 24,049Residents 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 |
| 100Shelby County, TX | 47 | 14 | 14.9 | 204 | +1.0% | #1,204 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Shelby 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 Shelby County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 real estate businesses in Shelby County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 45 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Shelby County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $123.8M a year, or $13,216 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 14 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is twice 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 9,366 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Shelby County has 14.9 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 204, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Shelby County would have about 29, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 669 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 24,286 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,366 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $49,776, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.1%, 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. Shelby County scores 47 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,204 of 2,229 scored counties.
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