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Real estate businesses in Tom Green County, TX

The real estate businesses in Tom Green County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,838 of 2,229 scored counties
#143 of 156 scored counties in Texas

Listings
146
12 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
71
+14.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$674.2M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,420 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
107
7% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
31.2
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
120,602
+0.4% 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

For real estate businesses, Tom Green County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,838 of 2,229 scored counties and #143 of 156 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Tom Green County comes to about $674.2M a year: $14,420 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 7% 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.

Tom Green County has 146 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 8%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 31.2 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Official counts show 71 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Tom Green County in 2023, up 14.5% from 2019. That is one for every 659 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates show Tom Green County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Tom Green 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 Tom Green County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTom Green CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households31.237.138.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)10798100
Households per official establishment659473414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.5%+23.6%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,420$15,682$16,661
Median household income$68,370$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3653

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
62 → 71+14.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
189
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
500Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
14612 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
156The 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 Tom Green 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 Tom Green County

Population, 2025 estimate
120,602+0.4% since 2020
Households
46,756
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,522 sq. mi.
People per square mile
79
Median household income
$68,370+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,590
Median home value
$197,000
Jobs located here
47,889
Daytime population
118,619Residents 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
143Tom Green County, TX3614631.2107+0.4%#1,838 of 2,229

Other business types in Tom Green County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Tom Green County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 146 real estate businesses in Tom Green County. 12 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 71 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 14.5% from 2019. Another 500 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $674.2M a year, or $14,420 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 146 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 7% 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 46,756 households in Tom Green County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Tom Green County has 31.2 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 107, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Tom Green County would have about 156, against 146 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 659 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Tom Green County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Tom Green County at 120,602 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,756 households. Median household income in Tom Green County is $68,370, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. Tom Green County scores 36 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #1,838 of 2,229 scored counties.

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