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Property management companies in the Decatur, IL metro area
How the Decatur, IL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for property management companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #171 of 374 scored metro areas
#4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $571.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,144 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 147
- 47% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,300
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Decatur metro area comes to about $571.3M a year: $13,144 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 47% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money property management companies take in.
There are 7 property management companies on map listings in the Decatur metro area as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.6, 47% below the U.S. rate of 3.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in the Decatur metro area classed as residential and commercial property managers. That is one for every 3,622 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Decatur metro area declined 4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Decatur metro area scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for property management companies, ranking #171 of 374 scored metro areas and #4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Decatur metro area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Decatur metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 147 | 105 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 3,622 | 2,433 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.3% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,144 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $62,666 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 102
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 the Decatur metro area, 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 the Decatur metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,300−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 43,468
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 175
- Median household income
- $62,666+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,051
- Median home value
- $127,300
- Jobs located here
- 43,992
- Daytime population
- 103,405Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for property management companies, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Decatur metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 59 | 24 | 1.5 | 168 | −0.9% | #103 of 374 |
| 1Kankakee, IL | 59 | 7 | 1.7 | 146 | −1.7% | #105 of 374 |
| 2Rockford, IL | 57 | 24 | 1.8 | 137 | −0.3% | #116 of 374 |
| 3Peoria, IL | 54 | 31 | 2.0 | 124 | −1.3% | #147 of 374 |
| 4Decatur, IL | 51 | 7 | 1.6 | 147 | −4.3% | #171 of 374 |
| 5Springfield, IL | 49 | 16 | 1.8 | 143 | −1.2% | #193 of 374 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 49 | 266 | 2.3 | 115 | −0.2% | #196 of 374 |
| 6Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 42 | 1,028 | 2.8 | 98 | 0.0% | #251 of 374 |
| 7Bloomington, IL | 41 | 24 | 3.4 | 76 | +0.1% | #264 of 374 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 34 | 11 | 2.9 | 83 | +1.7% | #318 of 374 |
Other business types in the Decatur metro area
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
- Real estate58
- Real estate agents and brokers58
- Property management51
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors1
Funeral services
Questions
How many property management companies are in the Decatur, IL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 property management companies in the Decatur metro area. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.
How much do households in the Decatur, IL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $571.3M a year, or $13,144 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 7 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 47% above the U.S. figure. 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 43,468 households in the Decatur metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Decatur, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
The Decatur metro area has 1.6 property management companies per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 147, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, the Decatur metro area would have about 10, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,622 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
How fast is the Decatur, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Decatur metro area at 99,300 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,468 households. Median household income in the Decatur metro area is $62,666, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. The Decatur metro area scores 51 for property management companies (upper middle), #171 of 374 scored metro areas.
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