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Property management companies in the Salem, OR metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for property management companies in the Salem, OR 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 #187 of 374 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon

Listings
52
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
88
+8.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.8B
On rent and homeowner costs · $17,766 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
98
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
445,814
+2.7% 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

Households in the Salem metro area spend about $2.8B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $17,766 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 2% below 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 Salem metro area has 52 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 3.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Salem metro area was 88 in 2023, up 8.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,817 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $585K have gone to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Salem metro area.

Population estimates show the Salem metro area grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Salem metro area scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for property management companies, ranking #187 of 374 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon.

How the Salem metro area compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Salem, OR metro area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureSalem metro areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.34.03.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)9883100
Households per official establishment1,8171,0411,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.8%+28.2%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$17,766$18,335$16,661
Median household income$78,900$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score5028

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
88+8.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
541
Annual payroll, 2023
$24.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
520 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$585K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Salem 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 Salem metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
445,814+2.7% since 2020
Households
159,856
Median age
38.6
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,922 sq. mi.
People per square mile
228
Median household income
$78,900+31.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,988
Median home value
$424,100
Jobs located here
191,982
Daytime population
440,002Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across Oregon

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for property management companies, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Salem metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oregon

Metro areas in Oregon ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Salem, OR50523.398+2.7%#187 of 374
2Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA413773.794+1.0%#262 of 374
3Albany, OR40234.567+3.0%#272 of 374
4Grants Pass, OR39154.172−0.4%#280 of 374
5Corvallis, OR37205.262+4.4%#299 of 374
6Bend, OR37726.950+7.0%#301 of 374
7Eugene-Springfield, OR30583.684−0.7%#344 of 374
8Medford, OR26424.668−0.9%#361 of 374

Other business types in the Salem metro area

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in the Salem, OR metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 property management companies in the Salem metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 88 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023, up 8.8% from 2019.

How much do households in the Salem, OR metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $2.8B a year, or $17,766 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 52 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 2% below 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 159,856 households in the Salem metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Salem, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

The Salem metro area has 3.3 property management companies per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 98, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, the Salem metro area would have about 51, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,817 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +11.4% for the U.S.

How fast is the Salem, OR metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Salem metro area at 445,814 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 159,856 households. Median household income in the Salem metro area is $78,900, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.1%, 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 Salem metro area scores 50 for property management companies (upper middle), #187 of 374 scored metro areas.

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