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Property management companies in the Dubuque, IA metro area
How the Dubuque, IA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for property management companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #73 of 374 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $578M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,102 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 173
- 73% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,381
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 property management companies in the Dubuque metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 1.5 for every 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 3.0.
At $14,102 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Dubuque metro area spend about $578M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per company is 73% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Dubuque metro area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 3,726 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Dubuque metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For property management companies, the Dubuque metro area has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #73 of 374 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Dubuque metro 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.
| Measure | Dubuque metro area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 173 | 124 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 3,726 | 3,110 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.9% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,102 | $14,016 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $77,630 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 55
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Dubuque 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 Dubuque metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,381+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 40,989
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 608 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 163
- Median household income
- $77,630+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,177
- Median home value
- $237,300
- Jobs located here
- 58,941
- Daytime population
- 105,695Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Iowa for property management companies, numbered among those based in Iowa (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Dubuque metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dubuque, IA | 63 | 6 | 1.5 | 173 | +0.1% | #73 of 374 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 63 | 83 | 2.1 | 125 | +4.2% | #75 of 374 |
| 2Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 62 | 73 | 2.5 | 109 | +6.7% | #83 of 374 |
| 3Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 59 | 24 | 1.5 | 168 | −0.9% | #103 of 374 |
| 4Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 49 | 12 | 2.2 | 115 | +1.0% | #195 of 374 |
| 5Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 44 | 14 | 2.0 | 122 | +0.5% | #232 of 374 |
| 6Cedar Rapids, IA | 44 | 35 | 3.1 | 84 | +1.0% | #236 of 374 |
| 7Iowa City, IA | 40 | 22 | 3.0 | 85 | +4.1% | #267 of 374 |
| 8Ames, IA | 24 | 24 | 4.8 | 52 | +2.2% | #367 of 374 |
Other business types in the Dubuque metro area
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 estate48
- Real estate agents and brokers40
- Property management63
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many property management companies are in the Dubuque, IA metro area?
There are 6 property management companies on map listings in the Dubuque metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.
How much do households in the Dubuque, IA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $578M a year, or $14,102 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 73% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,989 households in the Dubuque metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dubuque, IA metro area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
The Dubuque metro area has 1.5 property management companies per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 173, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of property management companies to household spending, the Dubuque metro area would have about 10, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,726 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
How fast is the Dubuque, IA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Dubuque metro area at 99,381 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,989 households. The median household income in the Dubuque metro area is $77,630 a year, 4% 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. 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 Dubuque metro area scores 63 for property management companies (upper middle), #73 of 374 scored metro areas.
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