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Real estate businesses in Greenbrier County, WV

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,141 of 2,229 scored counties
#31 of 31 scored counties in West Virginia

Listings
39
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$189.8M
On rent and homeowner costs · $12,834 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
112
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.4
31% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
31,578
−4.0% 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

For real estate businesses, Greenbrier County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #2,141 of 2,229 scored counties and #31 of 31 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Greenbrier County spend about $189.8M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $12,834 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 12% 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.

Greenbrier County has 39 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 6% across the U.S. That is 26.4 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Greenbrier County in 2023. That is one for every 924 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates show Greenbrier County declined 4.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Greenbrier 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.

Real estate in Greenbrier County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureGreenbrier CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.416.638.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)112193100
Households per official establishment9241,183414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.1%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.0%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$12,834$13,873$16,661
Median household income$48,218$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score2761

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 16
Employees, 2023
27
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
134Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
391 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
44The 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 Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier County

Population, 2025 estimate
31,578−4.0% since 2020
Households
14,788
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,020 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$48,218+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,064
Median home value
$149,000
Jobs located here
12,698
Daytime population
31,539Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across West Virginia

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

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Morgan County, WV731317.7187+5.5%#149 of 2,229
2Hampshire County, WV691315.0214+4.4%#238 of 2,229
3Preston County, WV6697.0454−0.6%#323 of 2,229
4Mason County, WV6476.9441−2.7%#388 of 2,229
5Mineral County, WV641311.7280−0.4%#394 of 2,229
6Jackson County, WV641513.0241−1.0%#402 of 2,229
7Marion County, WV613515.0219−1.2%#536 of 2,229
8Mercer County, WV583012.4247−3.4%#648 of 2,229
9Lewis County, WV5768.6370−3.7%#693 of 2,229
10Hancock County, WV572116.4195−4.5%#713 of 2,229
31Greenbrier County, WV273926.4112−4.0%#2,141 of 2,229

Other business types in Greenbrier County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Greenbrier County, WV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 real estate businesses in Greenbrier County. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 134 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Greenbrier County, WV spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $189.8M a year, or $12,834 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 39 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 12% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,788 households in Greenbrier County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Greenbrier County, WV compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Greenbrier County has 26.4 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 112, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Greenbrier County would have about 44, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 924 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Greenbrier County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Greenbrier County at 31,578 people in 2025, down 4.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,788 households. Median household income in Greenbrier County is $48,218, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.0%, 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. Greenbrier County scores 27 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #2,141 of 2,229 scored counties.

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