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Real estate businesses in Taylor County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for real estate businesses in Taylor County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $91.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,808 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 2,105
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 16,287
- −2.4% since 2020
See the real estate businesses around any address in Taylor County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 real estate business in Taylor County. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households.
Households in Taylor County spend about $91.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,808 per household, 17% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Taylor County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Taylor County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 real estate business on map listings, Taylor County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Taylor 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 | Taylor County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 16.6 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 2,105 | 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 | −2.4% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,808 | $13,873 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $57,795 | $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
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Taylor 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 Taylor County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,287−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 6,604
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 173 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 95
- Median household income
- $57,795+19.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,818
- Median home value
- $148,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,443
- Daytime population
- 13,310Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Taylor 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 |
| Taylor County, WV | Not scored | 1 | 1.5 | 2,105 | −2.4% |
Other business types in Taylor County
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 Taylor County, WV?
Taylor County has 1 real estate business on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Taylor County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Taylor County, WV spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $91.2M a year, or $13,808 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 6,604 households in Taylor County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Taylor County, WV compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
Taylor County has 1 real estate business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Taylor County would have about 21, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Taylor County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Taylor County at 16,287 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,604 households. The median household income in Taylor County is $57,795 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.0% 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. Taylor County has no market score for real estate businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Taylor County. It maps the real estate businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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