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Property management companies in Russell County, AL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for property management companies in Russell County, AL, 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
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$311.6M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,016 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
561
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
58,898
−0.6% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Russell County comes to about $311.6M a year: $13,016 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money property management companies take in.

There is 1 property management company on map listings in Russell County as of September 2026. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in Russell County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 3,420 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Russell County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 property management company on map listings, Russell County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Russell County compares

The same measures for Alabama 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.

Property management in Russell County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureRussell CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.42.13.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)561121100
Households per official establishment3,4202,9681,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.1%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,016$14,375$16,661
Median household income$51,197$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored69

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 7
Employees, 2023
68
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 residential and commercial property managers in Russell 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 Russell County

Population, 2025 estimate
58,898−0.6% since 2020
Households
23,938
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
641 sq. mi.
People per square mile
92
Median household income
$51,197+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,551
Median home value
$165,700
Jobs located here
13,941
Daytime population
51,647Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for property management companies, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Russell County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL8751.2234+18.0%#3 of 910
2Morgan County, AL7271.4185+2.6%#117 of 910
3Houston County, AL6851.2217+2.8%#153 of 910
4Lee County, AL62152.2120+8.6%#259 of 910
5Shelby County, AL61222.5121+6.5%#277 of 910
6Marshall County, AL6182.2117+6.0%#280 of 910
7Colbert County, AL5652.1120+3.8%#342 of 910
8DeKalb County, AL5262.3102+3.4%#404 of 910
9Madison County, AL50664.073+11.0%#452 of 910
10Lauderdale County, AL49112.891+3.3%#461 of 910
Russell County, ALNot scored10.4561−0.6%

Other business types in Russell County

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in Russell County, AL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 property management company in Russell County. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.

How much do households in Russell County, AL spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $311.6M a year, or $13,016 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money property management companies take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,938 households in Russell County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Russell County, AL compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

Russell County has 1 property management company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, Russell County would have about 6, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,420 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.

How fast is Russell County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Russell County at 58,898 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,938 households. Median household income in Russell County is $51,197, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.6%, 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. Russell County has no market score for property management companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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