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Property management companies in the Ithaca, NY metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for property management companies in the Ithaca, NY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #185 of 374 scored metro areas
#12 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $772.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,857 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 107
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 104,047
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $17,857 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in the Ithaca metro area spend about $772.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per company is 7% 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.
The Ithaca metro area has 13 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Ithaca metro area was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 2,277 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Ithaca metro area declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for property management companies in the Ithaca metro area is 50 (upper middle), #185 of 374 scored metro areas and #12 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the Ithaca metro area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Ithaca metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 107 | 127 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,277 | 1,047 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.6% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,857 | $19,048 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $74,024 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19
- Employees, 2023
- 130
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Ithaca 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 Ithaca metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 104,047−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 43,263
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 475 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 220
- Median household income
- $74,024+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,718
- Median home value
- $290,900
- Jobs located here
- 46,926
- Daytime population
- 111,478Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kingston, NY | 71 | 6 | 0.8 | 418 | +1.1% | #26 of 374 |
| 2Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 71 | 45 | 1.8 | 201 | +3.0% | #29 of 374 |
| 3Utica-Rome, NY | 70 | 20 | 1.7 | 184 | −2.0% | #35 of 374 |
| 4Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 67 | 81 | 2.1 | 160 | +1.9% | #47 of 374 |
| 5Binghamton, NY | 67 | 21 | 2.1 | 147 | −1.3% | #49 of 374 |
| 6Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 65 | 103 | 2.1 | 153 | −0.8% | #60 of 374 |
| 7Syracuse, NY | 62 | 51 | 1.9 | 169 | −1.3% | #81 of 374 |
| 8Glens Falls, NY | 60 | 10 | 1.8 | 172 | −1.9% | #95 of 374 |
| 9Elmira, NY | 54 | 10 | 2.8 | 104 | −3.9% | #149 of 374 |
| 10New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 52 | 2,071 | 2.8 | 130 | +0.6% | #161 of 374 |
| 12Ithaca, NY | 50 | 13 | 3.0 | 107 | −1.4% | #185 of 374 |
Other business types in the Ithaca 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 estate71
- Real estate agents and brokers70
- Property management50
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many property management companies are in the Ithaca, NY metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 property management companies in the Ithaca metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.
How much do households in the Ithaca, NY metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $772.5M a year, or $17,857 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 13 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 7% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,263 households in the Ithaca metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ithaca, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
The Ithaca metro area has 3.0 property management companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 107, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, the Ithaca metro area would have about 14, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,277 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ithaca, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Ithaca metro area at 104,047 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,263 households. Median household income in the Ithaca metro area is $74,024, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, 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. The Ithaca metro area scores 50 for property management companies (upper middle), #185 of 374 scored metro areas.
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