Real estate · Small-town market · Vermont
Real estate businesses in the Barre, VT area
The real estate businesses in the Barre, VT area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #154 of 536 scored small-town markets
#1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont
- Listings
- 66
- 5 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- −9.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $471.4M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,231 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 165
- 65% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.5
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,652
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 66 real estate businesses in the Barre area. 5 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 6% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.5, 34% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.
At $18,231 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in the Barre area spend about $471.4M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 65% 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 the Barre area was 28 in 2023, down 9.7% from 2019. That is one for every 923 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Official counts also show 255 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $100K have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Barre area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Barre area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate businesses, the Barre area has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #154 of 536 scored small-town markets and #1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont.
How the Barre area compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Barre area | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.5 | 25.6 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 165 | 164 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 923 | 522 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.7% | +5.7% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,231 | $18,181 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $83,449 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28−9.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 115
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 255Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 665 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 109The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Barre 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 Barre area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,652−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 25,855
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 687 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $83,449+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,553
- Median home value
- $315,000
- Jobs located here
- 30,099
- Daytime population
- 61,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Vermont market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Vermont for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Vermont (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Barre area marked.
Top small-town markets in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Barre, VT | 58 | 66 | 25.5 | 165 | −0.2% | #154 of 536 |
| 2Brattleboro, VT | 55 | 36 | 18.2 | 222 | −1.4% | #191 of 536 |
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 49 | 276 | 30.1 | 141 | +1.5% | #284 of 536 |
| 3Bennington, VT | 46 | 38 | 25.4 | 160 | −1.8% | #305 of 536 |
| 4Rutland, VT | 46 | 66 | 26.1 | 150 | −1.4% | #309 of 536 |
Other business types in the Barre 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 Barre, VT area?
There are 66 real estate businesses on map listings in the Barre area as of September 2026. 5 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 28 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, down 9.7% from 2019. Another 255 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Barre, VT area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $471.4M a year, or $18,231 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 66 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 65% 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 25,855 households in the Barre area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Barre, VT area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Barre area has 25.5 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 165, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Barre area would have about 109, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 923 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Barre, VT area growing?
Population estimates put the Barre area at 59,652 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,855 households. The median household income in the Barre area is $83,449 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. 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 Barre area scores 58 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #154 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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