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Property management companies in Lincoln County, SD

How Lincoln 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 #563 of 910 scored counties
#1 of 7 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
12
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$436.7M
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,665 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
66
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
77,145
+17.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 12 property management companies in Lincoln County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 3.0.

Households in Lincoln County spend about $436.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $15,665 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per company is 34% 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.

Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in Lincoln County in 2023. That is one for every 1,549 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in Lincoln County.

Population estimates show Lincoln County grew 17.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for property management companies in Lincoln County is 44 (lower middle), #563 of 910 scored counties and #1 of 7 scored counties in South Dakota.

How Lincoln 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 Lincoln County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureLincoln CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.33.13.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)6682100
Households per official establishment1,5492,1761,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.6%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+17.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,665$13,945$16,661
Median household income$99,166$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score4440

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 18
Employees, 2023
136
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
120 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County

Population, 2025 estimate
77,145+17.5% since 2020
Households
27,879
Median age
36.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
577 sq. mi.
People per square mile
122
Median household income
$99,166+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$132,275
Median home value
$348,300
Jobs located here
29,510
Daytime population
60,089Residents 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County

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

Questions

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

Lincoln County has 12 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.

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

About $436.7M a year, or $15,665 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 12 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 34% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,879 households in Lincoln County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lincoln 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 66, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of property management companies to household spending, Lincoln County would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,549 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.

How fast is Lincoln County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Lincoln County at 77,145 people in 2025, up 17.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,879 households. The median household income in Lincoln County is $99,166 a year, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.2% 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. Lincoln County scores 44 for property management companies (lower middle), #563 of 910 scored counties.

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