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Property management companies in Brookings County, SD

How Brookings County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for property management companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #566 of 910 scored counties
#2 of 7 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$187.9M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,617 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
56
44% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,635
+9.6% 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

At $13,617 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Brookings County spend about $187.9M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per company is 44% 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.

Brookings County has 6 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 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 3.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Brookings County classed as residential and commercial property managers. That is one for every 3,450 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Brookings County grew 9.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for property management companies in Brookings County is 44 (lower middle), #566 of 910 scored counties and #2 of 7 scored counties in South Dakota.

How Brookings County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Brookings County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureBrookings CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.33.13.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)5682100
Households per official establishment3,4502,1761,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.6%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,617$13,945$16,661
Median household income$70,064$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score4440

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
94
Annual payroll, 2023
$4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Brookings 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 Brookings County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,635+9.6% since 2020
Households
13,798
Median age
31.9
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
792 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$70,064+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,400
Median home value
$264,600
Jobs located here
19,000
Daytime population
37,385Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for property management companies, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Brookings County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD44124.366+17.5%#563 of 910
2Brookings County, SD4464.356+9.6%#566 of 910
3Minnehaha County, SD36404.754+7.6%#691 of 910
4Pennington County, SD34163.573+6.6%#722 of 910
5Brown County, SD3163.767−1.7%#775 of 910
6Codington County, SD2854.061+4.3%#810 of 910
7Lawrence County, SD2565.049+14.0%#845 of 910

Other business types in Brookings County

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in Brookings County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 property management companies in Brookings County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.

How much do households in Brookings County, SD spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $187.9M a year, or $13,617 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 44% 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 13,798 households in Brookings County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Brookings County, SD compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

Brookings County has 4.3 property management companies per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 56, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, Brookings County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,450 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.

How fast is Brookings County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Brookings County at 37,635 people in 2025, up 9.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,798 households. Median household income in Brookings County is $70,064, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. Brookings County scores 44 for property management companies (lower middle), #566 of 910 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for property management companies · All 56 business types in Brookings County

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