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Property management companies in Howard County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for property management companies in Howard County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #370 of 910 scored counties
#8 of 22 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $464.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,043 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 139
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,904
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Howard County spend about $464.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,043 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 39% 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.
Howard County has 6 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 3.0.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in Howard County in 2023. That is one for every 4,449 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $800K has gone to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in Howard County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Howard County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for property management companies in Howard County is 54 (upper middle), #370 of 910 scored counties and #8 of 22 scored counties in Indiana.
How Howard County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Howard County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 139 | 108 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 4,449 | 2,826 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,043 | $13,818 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $64,027 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $800K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,904+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 35,593
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 293 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $64,027+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,020
- Median home value
- $165,000
- Jobs located here
- 35,309
- Daytime population
- 82,151Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, IN | 84 | 5 | 1.5 | 185 | +13.5% | #10 of 910 |
| 2Hendricks County, IN | 81 | 12 | 1.8 | 158 | +10.2% | #28 of 910 |
| 3Johnson County, IN | 66 | 13 | 2.1 | 131 | +7.4% | #189 of 910 |
| 4Porter County, IN | 65 | 9 | 1.3 | 203 | +1.6% | #194 of 910 |
| 5Hamilton County, IN | 62 | 42 | 3.1 | 102 | +10.9% | #262 of 910 |
| 6LaPorte County, IN | 61 | 6 | 1.4 | 177 | −0.9% | #270 of 910 |
| 7Bartholomew County, IN | 58 | 8 | 2.4 | 108 | +4.3% | #316 of 910 |
| 8Howard County, IN | 54 | 6 | 1.7 | 139 | +0.4% | #370 of 910 |
| 9Elkhart County, IN | 53 | 14 | 1.9 | 126 | +0.9% | #388 of 910 |
| 10Lake County, IN | 50 | 41 | 2.1 | 118 | +1.1% | #440 of 910 |
Other business types in Howard 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 estate43
- Real estate agents and brokers49
- Property management54
- Mortgage brokers and lenders51
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many property management companies are in Howard County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 property management companies in Howard County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.
How much do households in Howard County, IN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $464.2M a year, or $13,043 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 39% 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 35,593 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, IN compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
Howard County has 1.7 property management companies per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 139, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, Howard County would have about 8, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,449 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
How fast is Howard County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 83,904 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,593 households. Median household income in Howard County is $64,027, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. Howard County scores 54 for property management companies (upper middle), #370 of 910 scored counties.
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