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Property management companies in Mills County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for property management companies in Mills County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$80.4M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,897 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
145
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
14,793
+2.6% 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 Mills County comes to about $80.4M a year: $14,897 per household, 11% below 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.

Mills County has 1 property management company on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for residential and commercial property managers in Mills County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mills County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 property management company on map listings, Mills County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Mills County 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 Mills County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureMills CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.92.03.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)145124100
Households per official establishmentn/a3,1101,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.9%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,897$14,016$16,661
Median household income$90,753$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored63

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
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
1The 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 Mills 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 Mills County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,793+2.6% since 2020
Households
5,394
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
437 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$90,753+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,810
Median home value
$237,800
Jobs located here
3,516
Daytime population
10,867Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for property management companies, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Mills County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Dallas County, IA7071.6178+17.8%#141 of 910
2Dubuque County, IA6061.5173+0.1%#286 of 910
3Scott County, IA55141.9135+0.4%#360 of 910
4Pottawattamie County, IA5271.9133−0.7%#399 of 910
5Polk County, IA49633.187+4.8%#463 of 910
6Woodbury County, IA44102.5100+0.7%#548 of 910
7Linn County, IA41313.280+0.7%#605 of 910
8Johnson County, IA38223.574+4.6%#657 of 910
9Black Hawk County, IA35132.4101+0.4%#697 of 910
10Webster County, IA3274.652−0.4%#768 of 910
Mills County, IANot scored11.9145+2.6%

Other business types in Mills County

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in Mills County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 property management company in Mills County. The listings count property management companies. No official count is published for residential and commercial property managers in Mills County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Mills County, IA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $80.4M a year, or $14,897 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,394 households in Mills County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mills County, IA compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

Mills County has 1 property management company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending.

How fast is Mills County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Mills County at 14,793 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,394 households. Median household income in Mills County is $90,753, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. Mills County has no market score for property management companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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