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Property management companies in Wilkes County, NC
The property management companies in Wilkes County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $351M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,949 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 316
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 66,233
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 property management companies in Wilkes County. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Wilkes County comes to about $351M a year: $12,949 per household, 22% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Wilkes County classed as residential and commercial property managers. That is one for every 9,036 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wilkes County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 property management companies on map listings, Wilkes County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Wilkes County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Wilkes County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 316 | 93 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 9,036 | 1,756 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,949 | $15,139 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $51,721 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 86
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $947K
- 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
- 6The 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 Wilkes 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 Wilkes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,233+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 27,107
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 754 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $51,721+17.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,361
- Median home value
- $168,800
- Jobs located here
- 19,607
- Daytime population
- 59,600Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnston County, NC | 83 | 12 | 1.4 | 200 | +17.9% | #14 of 910 |
| 2Union County, NC | 81 | 13 | 1.5 | 204 | +11.7% | #24 of 910 |
| 3Lincoln County, NC | 77 | 5 | 1.4 | 209 | +13.2% | #53 of 910 |
| 4Rowan County, NC | 75 | 6 | 1.0 | 252 | +5.6% | #76 of 910 |
| 5Gaston County, NC | 75 | 14 | 1.5 | 175 | +7.8% | #84 of 910 |
| 6Cabarrus County, NC | 74 | 12 | 1.4 | 207 | +9.9% | #94 of 910 |
| 7Harnett County, NC | 73 | 6 | 1.2 | 218 | +12.3% | #103 of 910 |
| 8Davidson County, NC | 71 | 10 | 1.4 | 179 | +6.6% | #128 of 910 |
| 9Randolph County, NC | 68 | 8 | 1.4 | 179 | +3.5% | #155 of 910 |
| 10Chatham County, NC | 67 | 10 | 3.0 | 102 | +11.0% | #181 of 910 |
| Wilkes County, NC | Not scored | 2 | 0.7 | 316 | +0.6% |
Other business types in Wilkes 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 estate62
- Real estate agents and brokers61
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many property management companies are in Wilkes County, NC?
There are 2 property management companies on map listings in Wilkes County as of September 2026. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.
How much do households in Wilkes County, NC spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $351M a year, or $12,949 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,107 households in Wilkes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wilkes County, NC compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
Wilkes County has 2 property management companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of property management companies to household spending, Wilkes County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,036 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.
How fast is Wilkes County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Wilkes County at 66,233 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,107 households. The median household income in Wilkes County is $51,721 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.3% 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. Wilkes 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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