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Real estate businesses in Willacy County, TX

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$74.4M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,067 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
572
5.7 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
86% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,971
−0.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 real estate businesses in Willacy County. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.3, 86% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Willacy County comes to about $74.4M a year: $13,067 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 5.7 times 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 Willacy County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 1,897 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Willacy County declined 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 real estate businesses on map listings, Willacy County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Willacy 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 Willacy County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWillacy CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.337.138.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)57298100
Households per official establishment1,897473414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.6%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,067$15,682$16,661
Median household income$54,180$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
3
Annual payroll, 2023
$80K
One-person businesses, 2023
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Willacy 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 Willacy County

Population, 2025 estimate
19,971−0.8% since 2020
Households
5,691
Median age
36.3
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
591 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$54,180+52.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,310
Median home value
$73,600
Jobs located here
3,193
Daytime population
16,399Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Willacy County marked.

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
Willacy County, TXNot scored35.3572−0.8%

Other business types in Willacy County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Willacy County, TX?

There are 3 real estate businesses on map listings in Willacy County as of September 2026. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $74.4M a year, or $13,067 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 3 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 5.7 times 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 5,691 households in Willacy County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Willacy County has 5.3 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 86% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 572, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Willacy County would have about 17, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,897 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Willacy County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Willacy County at 19,971 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,691 households. The median household income in Willacy County is $54,180 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 52.5% 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. Willacy County has no market score for real estate businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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