Raleigh in top 10 for percentage of women real estate agents

In residential actual estate, a area dominated by girls nationwide, Raleigh even now stands out.

Practically 64% of the actual estate brokers in Raleigh are feminine, the ninth best proportion among the massive metropolitan areas nationwide, in accordance to a new research by Building Coverage.

The condition as a complete ranks decrease than the national average, nevertheless, with ladies accounting for much less than 53% of all North Carolina real estate agents, the study discovered.

In accordance to the most recent information from the Census Bureau, gathered in 2020, ladies account for 56% of all serious estate brokers in the U.S.

Development Coverage analyzed knowledge from the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and on the web authentic estate market Zillow.

Throughout the nation, 4 in 10 female authentic estate brokers function portion time, they discovered, whilst much less than 27% of adult men are aspect-time in the occupation.

“Because the actual estate occupation delivers substantial earnings potential, versatile schedules for people, and a minimal barrier to entry, it draws in a large quantity of women who are searching for a vocation change, a 2nd work, or coming back to the workforce after a vocation break,” analyze writer Jonathan Jones wrote.

In this article are the 10 towns with the best percentages of female genuine estate brokers:

1. Rochester, New York: 81.5%
2. Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, South Carolina: 70.5%
3. Louisville, Kentucky, and Jefferson County, Indiana: 69.8%
4. Columbus, Ohio: 69.7%
5. Oklahoma Metropolis, Oklahoma: 69.3%
6. New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana: 67.5%
7. Providence-Warwick, Rhode Island: 65.4%
8. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada: 65.3%
9. Raleigh, North Carolina: 63.7%
10. Tucson, Arizona: 63.2%

The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro region rings in at No. 40, with 50.9% of its genuine estate agents identifying as woman.