Real estate · Small-town market · Texas
Real estate businesses in the Vernon, TX area
How the Vernon, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #344 of 536 scored small-town markets
#29 of 40 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $63.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,279 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 183
- 83% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.7
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,481
- −2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Vernon area spend about $63.4M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,279 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 83% 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.
The Vernon area has 8 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. That is 16.7 per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Vernon area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Vernon area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate businesses, the Vernon area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #344 of 536 scored small-town markets and #29 of 40 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Vernon area 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 | Vernon area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.7 | 37.1 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 183 | 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 | −2.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,279 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $54,102 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 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
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 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 the Vernon area, 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 the Vernon area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,481−2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,778
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 971 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $54,102+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,486
- Median home value
- $89,400
- Jobs located here
- 5,461
- Daytime population
- 11,849Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bonham, TX | 80 | 23 | 18.0 | 192 | +9.2% | #11 of 536 |
| 2Dumas, TX | 77 | 10 | 14.0 | 228 | +3.0% | #21 of 536 |
| 3Rio Grande City-Roma, TX | 70 | 9 | 4.7 | 592 | +0.7% | #45 of 536 |
| 4Borger, TX | 68 | 9 | 12.9 | 259 | −4.5% | #59 of 536 |
| 5Hereford, TX | 68 | 8 | 13.2 | 241 | +0.5% | #61 of 536 |
| 6Jacksonville, TX | 68 | 34 | 18.7 | 173 | +5.4% | #63 of 536 |
| 7Alice, TX | 66 | 19 | 11.7 | 264 | −1.3% | #75 of 536 |
| 8Andrews, TX | 66 | 16 | 23.4 | 150 | +1.6% | #81 of 536 |
| 9Palestine, TX | 64 | 34 | 19.3 | 164 | +3.2% | #97 of 536 |
| 10Port Lavaca, TX | 63 | 17 | 19.6 | 179 | −2.3% | #107 of 536 |
| 29Vernon, TX | 43 | 8 | 16.7 | 183 | −2.8% | #344 of 536 |
Other business types in the Vernon area
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 the Vernon, TX area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 real estate businesses in the Vernon area. 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 the Vernon area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Vernon, TX area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $63.4M a year, or $13,279 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 83% 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 4,778 households in the Vernon area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vernon, TX area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Vernon area has 16.7 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 183, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Vernon area would have about 15, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is the Vernon, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Vernon area at 12,481 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,778 households. Median household income in the Vernon area is $54,102, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Vernon area scores 43 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #344 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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