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Real estate businesses in Wharton County, TX
How Wharton 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,038 of 2,229 scored counties
#88 of 156 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 34
- 3 chain locations (9%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $233.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,716 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 159
- 59% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.4
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,060
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 real estate businesses in Wharton County. Chain locations make up 9% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 21.4 for every 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
At $14,716 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Wharton County spend about $233.8M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 59% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Wharton County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 757 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 108 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Wharton County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Wharton County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for real estate businesses, ranking #1,038 of 2,229 scored counties and #88 of 156 scored counties in Texas.
How Wharton 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 | Wharton County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.4 | 37.1 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 159 | 98 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 757 | 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 | $14,716 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $66,924 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 108Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 343 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The 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 Wharton 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 Wharton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,060+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 15,890
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,086 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $66,924+38.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,050
- Median home value
- $189,900
- Jobs located here
- 15,145
- Daytime population
- 34,718Residents 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 |
| 88Wharton County, TX | 51 | 34 | 21.4 | 159 | +1.2% | #1,038 of 2,229 |
Other business types in Wharton 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 Wharton County, TX?
There are 34 real estate businesses on map listings in Wharton County as of September 2026. 3 of them (9%) 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 108 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wharton County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $233.8M a year, or $14,716 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 34 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 59% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,890 households in Wharton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wharton County, TX compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Wharton County has 21.4 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 159, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Wharton County would have about 54, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 757 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.
How fast is Wharton County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Wharton County at 42,060 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,890 households. The median household income in Wharton County is $66,924 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.5% 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. Wharton County scores 51 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #1,038 of 2,229 scored counties.
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