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Real estate businesses in Gilmer County, WV
How Gilmer County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for real estate businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $28.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,447 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 648
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 7,085
- −4.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $12,447 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Gilmer County spend about $28.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in.
Gilmer County has 1 real estate business on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Gilmer County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Gilmer County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Gilmer County compares
The same measures for West 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.
| Measure | Gilmer County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 16.6 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 648 | 193 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,183 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.1% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.2% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,447 | $13,873 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $47,981 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 61 |
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
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Gilmer 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 Gilmer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,085−4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 2,254
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 339 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $47,981
- Average household income
- $59,427
- Median home value
- $83,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,719
- Daytime population
- 6,637Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Gilmer County?
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morgan County, WV | 73 | 13 | 17.7 | 187 | +5.5% | #149 of 2,229 |
| 2Hampshire County, WV | 69 | 13 | 15.0 | 214 | +4.4% | #238 of 2,229 |
| 3Preston County, WV | 66 | 9 | 7.0 | 454 | −0.6% | #323 of 2,229 |
| 4Mason County, WV | 64 | 7 | 6.9 | 441 | −2.7% | #388 of 2,229 |
| 5Mineral County, WV | 64 | 13 | 11.7 | 280 | −0.4% | #394 of 2,229 |
| 6Jackson County, WV | 64 | 15 | 13.0 | 241 | −1.0% | #402 of 2,229 |
| 7Marion County, WV | 61 | 35 | 15.0 | 219 | −1.2% | #536 of 2,229 |
| 8Mercer County, WV | 58 | 30 | 12.4 | 247 | −3.4% | #648 of 2,229 |
| 9Lewis County, WV | 57 | 6 | 8.6 | 370 | −3.7% | #693 of 2,229 |
| 10Hancock County, WV | 57 | 21 | 16.4 | 195 | −4.5% | #713 of 2,229 |
| Gilmer County, WV | Not scored | 1 | 4.4 | 648 | −4.2% |
Other business types in Gilmer County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Gilmer County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 real estate business in Gilmer County. 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 Gilmer County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Gilmer County, WV spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $28.1M a year, or $12,447 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 2,254 households in Gilmer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gilmer County, WV compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Gilmer County has 1 real estate business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Gilmer County would have about 7, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Gilmer County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Gilmer County at 7,085 people in 2025, down 4.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,254 households. Median household income in Gilmer County is $47,981, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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