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Property management companies in the Johnson City, TN metro area

The property management companies in the Johnson City, TN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #97 of 374 scored metro areas
#5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee

Listings
18
1 chain location (6%)
Official establishments
28
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.2B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,770 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
123
23% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
33% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
216,416
+4.3% 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 18 property management companies in the Johnson City metro area. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 3.0.

At $13,770 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Johnson City metro area spend about $1.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per company is 23% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Johnson City metro area was 28 in 2023. That is one for every 3,178 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $342K has gone to businesses classed as residential and commercial property managers in the Johnson City metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Johnson City metro area grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for property management companies in the Johnson City metro area is 60 (upper middle), #97 of 374 scored metro areas and #5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.

How the Johnson City metro area compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Johnson City, TN metro area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureJohnson City metro areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.02.53.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)123108100
Households per official establishment3,1782,2591,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.4%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.3%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,770$14,833$16,661
Median household income$57,762$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6063

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
28
Employees, 2023
280
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
181 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$342K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
216,416+4.3% since 2020
Households
88,979
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
854 sq. mi.
People per square mile
247
Median household income
$57,762+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,488
Median home value
$219,200
Jobs located here
82,986
Daytime population
208,127Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across Tennessee

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

Top metro areas in Tennessee

Metro areas in Tennessee ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA71100.8325+2.3%#27 of 374
2Morristown, TN67102.1120+7.9%#50 of 374
3Knoxville, TN64882.3116+6.9%#72 of 374
4Cleveland, TN63122.4107+6.1%#79 of 374
5Johnson City, TN60182.0123+4.3%#97 of 374
6Chattanooga, TN-GA57612.6103+5.3%#119 of 374
7Jackson, TN56152.1120+2.2%#127 of 374
8Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN512493.097+8.7%#176 of 374
9Clarksville, TN-KY49493.966+8.5%#203 of 374
10Memphis, TN-MS-AR431492.893−0.3%#242 of 374

Other business types in the Johnson City 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 Johnson City, TN metro area?

The Johnson City metro area has 18 property management companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.

How much do households in the Johnson City, TN metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.2B a year, or $13,770 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 18 property management companies on map listings, housing spending per company is 23% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 88,979 households in the Johnson City metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Johnson City, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

The Johnson City metro area has 2.0 property management companies per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 3.0. The index of housing spending per company is 123, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of property management companies to household spending, the Johnson City metro area would have about 22, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,178 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.

How fast is the Johnson City, TN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Johnson City metro area at 216,416 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,979 households. The median household income in the Johnson City metro area is $57,762 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.0% 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. The Johnson City metro area scores 60 for property management companies (upper middle), #97 of 374 scored metro areas.

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