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Property management companies in Lake County, IN

The property management companies in Lake County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #440 of 910 scored counties
#10 of 22 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
41
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
59
−20.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.7B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,783 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
118
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.1
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
504,612
+1.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Lake County comes to about $2.7B a year: $13,783 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 18% 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.

Lake County has 41 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.1, 30% below the U.S. rate of 3.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 59 businesses with payroll in Lake County classed as residential and commercial property managers, down 20.3% from 2019. That is one for every 3,307 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lake County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for property management companies in Lake County is 50 (upper middle), #440 of 910 scored counties and #10 of 22 scored counties in Indiana.

How Lake 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.

Property management in Lake County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureLake CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.12.33.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)118108100
Households per official establishment3,3072,8261,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−20.3%+5.6%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,783$13,818$16,661
Median household income$71,493$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5053

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
74 → 59−20.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
432
Annual payroll, 2023
$18.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
410 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
48The 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 Lake 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 Lake County

Population, 2025 estimate
504,612+1.1% since 2020
Households
195,130
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
499 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,003
Median household income
$71,493+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,636
Median home value
$230,600
Jobs located here
191,504
Daytime population
472,818Residents 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 counties in Indiana for property management companies, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Lake County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Hancock County, IN8451.5185+13.5%#10 of 910
2Hendricks County, IN81121.8158+10.2%#28 of 910
3Johnson County, IN66132.1131+7.4%#189 of 910
4Porter County, IN6591.3203+1.6%#194 of 910
5Hamilton County, IN62423.1102+10.9%#262 of 910
6LaPorte County, IN6161.4177−0.9%#270 of 910
7Bartholomew County, IN5882.4108+4.3%#316 of 910
8Howard County, IN5461.7139+0.4%#370 of 910
9Elkhart County, IN53141.9126+0.9%#388 of 910
10Lake County, IN50412.1118+1.1%#440 of 910

Other business types in Lake County

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in Lake County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 property management companies in Lake County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, down 20.3% from 2019.

How much do households in Lake County, IN spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $2.7B a year, or $13,783 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 41 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 18% 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 195,130 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lake County, IN compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

Lake County has 2.1 property management companies per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 118, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, Lake County would have about 48, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,307 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. The official count fell 20.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Lake County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Lake County at 504,612 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 195,130 households. Median household income in Lake County is $71,493, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Lake County scores 50 for property management companies (upper middle), #440 of 910 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for property management companies · All 56 business types in Lake County

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