Real estate · Small-town market · Minnesota
Property management companies in the Detroit Lakes, MN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for property management companies in the Detroit Lakes, MN area, set against other small-town markets 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
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $198.6M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,783 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 179
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 35,497
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Detroit Lakes area comes to about $198.6M a year: $13,783 per household, 17% 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.
The Detroit Lakes area has 2 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for residential and commercial property managers in the Detroit Lakes area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in the Detroit Lakes area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 property management companies on map listings, the Detroit Lakes area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Detroit Lakes area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Detroit Lakes area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 179 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,961 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.9% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,783 | $15,162 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $71,388 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 46 |
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
- 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 the Detroit Lakes 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 Detroit Lakes area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,497+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 14,410
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,315 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $71,388
- Average household income
- $100,022
- Median home value
- $291,000
- Jobs located here
- 13,787
- Daytime population
- 33,123Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for property management companies, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with the Detroit Lakes area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Faribault-Northfield, MN | 73 | 5 | 2.1 | 122 | +4.2% | #14 of 180 |
| 2Fergus Falls, MN | 67 | 5 | 2.0 | 124 | +1.6% | #31 of 180 |
| 3Willmar, MN | 53 | 5 | 2.8 | 89 | +2.3% | #82 of 180 |
| 4Brainerd, MN | 45 | 16 | 3.8 | 66 | +4.3% | #111 of 180 |
| 5Alexandria, MN | 44 | 6 | 3.4 | 74 | +2.6% | #113 of 180 |
| 6Owatonna, MN | 43 | 6 | 4.0 | 65 | +0.2% | #116 of 180 |
| 7Grand Rapids, MN | 41 | 8 | 4.3 | 56 | +0.9% | #124 of 180 |
| 8Winona, MN | 38 | 7 | 3.5 | 71 | +1.8% | #135 of 180 |
| 9Albert Lea, MN | 37 | 5 | 3.9 | 63 | −1.5% | #142 of 180 |
| 10Bemidji, MN | 37 | 13 | 7.2 | 34 | +1.8% | #145 of 180 |
| Detroit Lakes, MN | Not scored | 2 | 1.4 | 179 | +0.9% |
Other business types in the Detroit Lakes 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 estate33
- Real estate agents and brokers30
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many property management companies are in the Detroit Lakes, MN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 property management companies in the Detroit Lakes area. The listings count property management companies. No official count is published for residential and commercial property managers in the Detroit Lakes area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Detroit Lakes, MN area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $198.6M 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). 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 14,410 households in the Detroit Lakes area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Detroit Lakes, MN area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
The Detroit Lakes area 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, the Detroit Lakes area would have about 4, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is the Detroit Lakes, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Detroit Lakes area at 35,497 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,410 households. Median household income in the Detroit Lakes area is $71,388, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Detroit Lakes area 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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