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Real estate businesses in Louisa County, VA

How Louisa County, VA 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #405 of 2,229 scored counties
#24 of 100 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
24
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
45
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$247.1M
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,879 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
238
2.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.4
60% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,924
+13.6% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Louisa County comes to about $247.1M a year: $15,879 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.4 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.

Louisa County has 24 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 15.4 for every 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 45 businesses with payroll in Louisa County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 346 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 183 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $390K has gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Louisa County.

Population estimates put the population change in Louisa County from 2020 to 2025 at +13.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in Louisa County is 64 (upper middle), #405 of 2,229 scored counties and #24 of 100 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Louisa County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Louisa County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureLouisa CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.441.038.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)23895100
Households per official establishment346411414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.8%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+13.6%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,879$16,844$16,661
Median household income$86,689$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score6440

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 45
Employees, 2023
258
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
183Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
241 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
57The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$390K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Louisa 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 Louisa County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,924+13.6% since 2020
Households
15,561
Median age
45.0
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
495 sq. mi.
People per square mile
81
Median household income
$86,689+42.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,574
Median home value
$315,300
Jobs located here
10,414
Daytime population
35,038Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Virginia

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

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Caroline County, VA851613.3275+11.3%#9 of 2,229
2Prince George County, VA7997.0523+2.0%#34 of 2,229
3King William County, VA7968.2444+9.5%#37 of 2,229
4Rockingham County, VA78268.0448+6.6%#47 of 2,229
5Frederick County, VA783610.2384+8.8%#50 of 2,229
6Greene County, VA7767.5508+6.6%#63 of 2,229
7Fluvanna County, VA761211.6328+6.2%#83 of 2,229
8Madison County, VA73712.8284+2.7%#142 of 2,229
9Southampton County, VA7157.3457+0.9%#173 of 2,229
10Amherst County, VA711411.0300+2.1%#185 of 2,229
24Louisa County, VA642415.4238+13.6%#405 of 2,229

Other business types in Louisa County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Louisa County, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 real estate businesses in Louisa County. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 183 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Louisa County, VA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $247.1M a year, or $15,879 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 24 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.4 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,561 households in Louisa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Louisa County, VA compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Louisa County has 15.4 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 238, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Louisa County would have about 57, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 346 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Louisa County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Louisa County at 42,924 people in 2025, up 13.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,561 households. Median household income in Louisa County is $86,689, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.2%, 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. Louisa County scores 64 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #405 of 2,229 scored counties.

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