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Real estate businesses in Dodge County, WI

How Dodge County, WI 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #494 of 2,229 scored counties
#9 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
51
7 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$494.1M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,760 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
224
2.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.2
63% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
89,097
−0.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 51 real estate businesses in Dodge County. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 14%, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 14.2 for every 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Households in Dodge County spend about $494.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,760 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.2 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Dodge County classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors. That is one for every 1,995 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Another 190 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dodge County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For real estate businesses, Dodge County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #494 of 2,229 scored counties and #9 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Dodge County compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Dodge County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureDodge CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.227.738.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)224118100
Households per official establishment1,995660414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.6%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,760$14,211$16,661
Median household income$75,929$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score6254

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 18
Employees, 2023
27
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
190Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
517 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
114The 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 Dodge 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 Dodge County

Population, 2025 estimate
89,097−0.3% since 2020
Households
35,910
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
876 sq. mi.
People per square mile
101
Median household income
$75,929+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,922
Median home value
$231,900
Jobs located here
34,764
Daytime population
79,179Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Real estate across Wisconsin

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

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for real estate businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Lafayette County, WI74811.8268+5.2%#126 of 2,229
2Calumet County, WI732310.8317+2.9%#139 of 2,229
3Trempealeau County, WI7286.4501+1.1%#152 of 2,229
4Kewaunee County, WI711113.2248+1.0%#189 of 2,229
5Pierce County, WI702314.5238+3.1%#207 of 2,229
6Oconto County, WI681911.3283+2.9%#266 of 2,229
7Chippewa County, WI653914.4221+1.9%#378 of 2,229
8Clark County, WI641713.2234+1.2%#406 of 2,229
9Dodge County, WI625114.2224−0.3%#494 of 2,229
10Washington County, WI5811420.0176+1.8%#667 of 2,229

Other business types in Dodge County

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

Questions

How many real estate businesses are in Dodge County, WI?

Dodge County has 51 real estate businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023. Official counts list 190 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Dodge County, WI spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $494.1M a year, or $13,760 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 51 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.2 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,910 households in Dodge County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Dodge County, WI compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?

Dodge County has 14.2 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 224, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Dodge County would have about 114, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,995 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S.

How fast is Dodge County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Dodge County at 89,097 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,910 households. The median household income in Dodge County is $75,929 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. Dodge County scores 62 for real estate businesses (upper middle), #494 of 2,229 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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