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Real estate businesses in Door County, WI

How Door 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,131 of 2,229 scored counties
#61 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
68
9 chain locations (13%)
Official establishments
30
+30.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$211.2M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,096 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
72
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
45.4
18% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,616
+1.6% 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

For real estate businesses, Door County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #2,131 of 2,229 scored counties and #61 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 68 real estate businesses in Door County. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 13%, against 6% across the U.S. That is 45.4 per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 38.5.

Households in Door County spend about $211.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,096 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 28% below 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.

Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in Door County in 2023, up 30.4% from 2019. That is one for every 500 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Door County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Door 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 Door County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureDoor CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households45.427.738.5
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)72118100
Households per official establishment500660414
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+30.4%+19.6%+15.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,096$14,211$16,661
Median household income$74,795$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score2854

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
23 → 30+30.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
110
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
191Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
689 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
49The 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 Door 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 Door County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,616+1.6% since 2020
Households
14,986
Median age
53.6
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
482 sq. mi.
People per square mile
63
Median household income
$74,795+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,001
Median home value
$342,600
Jobs located here
12,670
Daytime population
28,917Residents 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 Door 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
61Door County, WI286845.472+1.6%#2,131 of 2,229

Other business types in Door County

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

Questions

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

There are 68 real estate businesses on map listings in Door County as of September 2026. 9 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 30.4% from 2019. Another 191 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $211.2M a year, or $14,096 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 68 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 28% below 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 14,986 households in Door County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Door County has 45.4 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 72, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, Door County would have about 49, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 500 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.

How fast is Door County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Door County at 30,616 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,986 households. The median household income in Door County is $74,795 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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. Door County scores 28 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #2,131 of 2,229 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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