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Property management companies in Dorchester County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for property management companies in Dorchester County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $192M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,173 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 173
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 33,628
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Dorchester County comes to about $192M a year: $14,173 per household, 15% 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.
Dorchester County has 2 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in Dorchester County in 2023. That is one for every 1,042 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dorchester County grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 property management companies on map listings, Dorchester County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Dorchester County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Dorchester County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 173 | 92 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,042 | 1,536 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.5% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,173 | $17,488 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,839 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 76
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Dorchester 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 Dorchester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,628+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,546
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 541 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $61,839+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,771
- Median home value
- $262,400
- Jobs located here
- 12,352
- Daytime population
- 29,247Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Queen Anne’s County, MD | 80 | 5 | 2.5 | 129 | +8.8% | #34 of 910 |
| 2Calvert County, MD | 78 | 5 | 1.5 | 232 | +1.7% | #44 of 910 |
| 3Charles County, MD | 77 | 15 | 2.5 | 135 | +5.9% | #59 of 910 |
| 4St. Mary’s County, MD | 75 | 6 | 1.4 | 234 | +2.4% | #77 of 910 |
| 5Frederick County, MD | 71 | 32 | 3.1 | 110 | +11.0% | #137 of 910 |
| 6Carroll County, MD | 70 | 15 | 2.3 | 142 | +2.2% | #144 of 910 |
| 7Harford County, MD | 64 | 23 | 2.3 | 141 | +2.0% | #219 of 910 |
| 8Cecil County, MD | 61 | 8 | 2.0 | 148 | +3.2% | #272 of 910 |
| 9Prince George’s County, MD | 53 | 88 | 2.5 | 122 | +0.5% | #389 of 910 |
| 10Anne Arundel County, MD | 53 | 79 | 3.5 | 96 | +1.7% | #392 of 910 |
| Dorchester County, MD | Not scored | 2 | 1.5 | 173 | +3.4% |
Other business types in Dorchester County
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 estate52
- Real estate agents and brokers63
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many property management companies are in Dorchester County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 property management companies in Dorchester County. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.
How much do households in Dorchester County, MD spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $192M a year, or $14,173 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, 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 13,546 households in Dorchester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dorchester County, MD compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
Dorchester County has 2 property management companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, Dorchester County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,042 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
How fast is Dorchester County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Dorchester County at 33,628 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,546 households. Median household income in Dorchester County is $61,839, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.9%, 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. Dorchester County has no market score for property management companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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