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Property management companies in the Carroll, IA area

The property management companies in the Carroll, IA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$121M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,748 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
218
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
20,303
−2.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 property management company in the Carroll area. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.

Households in the Carroll area spend about $121M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,748 per household, 17% below 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.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Carroll area in 2023. That is one for every 2,934 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Carroll area declined 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 property management company on map listings, the Carroll area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Carroll area compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Carroll, IA area compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureCarroll areaIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.12.03.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)218124100
Households per official establishment2,9343,1101,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.9%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,748$14,016$16,661
Median household income$72,930$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored63

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$35K
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
2The 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 Carroll 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 Carroll area

Population, 2025 estimate
20,303−2.0% since 2020
Households
8,801
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
570 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$72,930+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,964
Median home value
$176,000
Jobs located here
10,716
Daytime population
20,571Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Carroll area

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in the Carroll, IA area?

There is 1 property management company on map listings in the Carroll area as of September 2026. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.

How much do households in the Carroll, IA area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $121M a year, or $13,748 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money property management companies take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,801 households in the Carroll area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Carroll, IA area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

The Carroll area has 1 property management company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of property management companies to household spending, the Carroll area would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,934 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.

How fast is the Carroll, IA area growing?

Population estimates put the Carroll area at 20,303 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,801 households. The median household income in the Carroll area is $72,930 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Carroll area has no market score for property management companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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