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Property management companies in Lee County, IL
How Lee County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for property management companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $182.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,652 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 328
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 32,914
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,652 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Lee County spend about $182.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs. 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 Lee County as of September 2026. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for residential and commercial property managers in Lee County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Lee County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 property management company on map listings, Lee County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lee County 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 | Lee County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 328 | 105 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,433 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.3% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,652 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $70,292 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- 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
- 3The 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 Lee 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 Lee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,914−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,337
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 725 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $70,292+20.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,634
- Median home value
- $154,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,678
- Daytime population
- 30,631Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendall County, IL | 79 | 8 | 1.8 | 167 | +9.9% | #41 of 910 |
| 2McHenry County, IL | 75 | 19 | 1.6 | 180 | +2.5% | #83 of 910 |
| 3Will County, IL | 74 | 32 | 1.3 | 224 | +2.2% | #93 of 910 |
| 4Kane County, IL | 67 | 31 | 1.7 | 173 | +1.8% | #171 of 910 |
| 5Tazewell County, IL | 64 | 7 | 1.3 | 196 | −0.9% | #214 of 910 |
| 6Madison County, IL | 62 | 17 | 1.5 | 165 | −1.0% | #248 of 910 |
| 7Lake County, IL | 59 | 50 | 1.9 | 157 | +0.8% | #294 of 910 |
| 8Kankakee County, IL | 58 | 7 | 1.7 | 146 | −1.7% | #309 of 910 |
| 9Rock Island County, IL | 55 | 8 | 1.3 | 185 | −1.7% | #356 of 910 |
| 10Winnebago County, IL | 53 | 22 | 1.9 | 126 | −0.4% | #386 of 910 |
| Lee County, IL | Not scored | 1 | 0.7 | 328 | −3.4% |
Other business types in Lee County
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 estate53
- Real estate agents and brokers48
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many property management companies are in Lee County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 property management company in Lee County. The listings count property management companies. No official count is published for residential and commercial property managers in Lee County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lee County, IL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $182.1M a year, or $13,652 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, 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 13,337 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lee County, IL compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
Lee 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, Lee County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Lee County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Lee County at 32,914 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,337 households. Median household income in Lee County is $70,292, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.8%, 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. Lee County has no market score for property management companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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