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Property management companies in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for property management companies in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #348 of 374 scored metro areas
#10 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana

Listings
31
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
39
+11.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.2B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,157 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
69
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
228,468
+2.1% since 2020

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What this means

For property management companies, the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #348 of 374 scored metro areas and #10 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area comes to about $1.2B a year: $13,157 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 31% below 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 31 property management companies on map listings in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 3.4 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 3.0.

Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area in 2023, up 11.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,326 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $375K have gone to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area 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.

Property management in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureLafayette-West Lafayette metro areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.42.33.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)69108100
Households per official establishment2,3262,8261,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.8%+5.6%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,157$13,818$16,661
Median household income$62,011$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score3053

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
39+11.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
369
Annual payroll, 2023
$15.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
311 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$375K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Lafayette-West Lafayette 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 Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
228,468+2.1% since 2020
Households
90,706
Median age
35.1
Homes lived in by their owners
58%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,642 sq. mi.
People per square mile
138
Median household income
$62,011+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,994
Median home value
$226,100
Jobs located here
106,732
Daytime population
234,551Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across Indiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for property management companies, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Indiana

Metro areas in Indiana ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Michigan City-La Porte, IN6161.4177−0.9%#84 of 374
2Columbus, IN6182.4108+4.3%#90 of 374
3Kokomo, IN5661.7139+0.4%#124 of 374
4Evansville, IN56211.8133+1.6%#125 of 374
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN562232.5109+2.7%#129 of 374
5Terre Haute, IN55121.8128+0.3%#133 of 374
6Elkhart-Goshen, IN55141.9126+0.9%#136 of 374
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN511542.897+2.9%#175 of 374
7Fort Wayne, IN50422.3107+3.9%#184 of 374
8Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN482543.087+5.4%#207 of 374
10Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN30313.469+2.1%#348 of 374

Other business types in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 31 property management companies in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, up 11.8% from 2019.

How much do households in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.2B a year, or $13,157 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 31 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 31% below 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 90,706 households in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

The Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area has 3.4 property management companies per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 69, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area would have about 22, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,326 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area at 228,468 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 90,706 households. Median household income in the Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area is $62,011, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. The Lafayette-West Lafayette metro area scores 30 for property management companies (lower middle), #348 of 374 scored metro areas.

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