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Property management companies in Howard County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for property management companies in Howard County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$179.7M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,743 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
323
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
30,504
−12.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 property management company in Howard County. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Howard County comes to about $179.7M a year: $14,743 per household, 12% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in Howard County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,742 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Howard County declined 12.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 property management company on map listings, Howard County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Howard County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Howard County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHoward CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.82.63.0
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)323108100
Households per official establishment1,7421,6861,638
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.2%+11.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−12.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,743$15,682$16,661
Median household income$69,649$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 7
Employees, 2023
31
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 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 Howard 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 Howard County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,504−12.4% since 2020
Households
12,191
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
901 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$69,649+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,688
Median home value
$155,600
Jobs located here
11,735
Daytime population
29,322Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Property management across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for property management companies, numbered among those based in Texas, with Howard County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for property management companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Guadalupe County, TX8791.4212+15.8%#4 of 910
2Rockwall County, TX8651.2280+28.9%#6 of 910
3Brazoria County, TX81151.1273+12.2%#22 of 910
4Ellis County, TX81131.8166+24.0%#27 of 910
5Parker County, TX81132.3135+23.5%#29 of 910
6Grayson County, TX7961.1248+12.8%#36 of 910
7Hunt County, TX7861.6171+23.0%#49 of 910
8Fort Bend County, TX77451.5212+17.4%#52 of 910
9Denton County, TX76691.9170+16.9%#67 of 910
10Johnson County, TX75132.0143+20.5%#86 of 910
Howard County, TXNot scored10.8323−12.4%

Other business types in Howard County

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

Questions

How many property management companies are in Howard County, TX?

There is 1 property management company on map listings in Howard County as of September 2026. The listings count property management companies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as residential and commercial property managers in 2023.

How much do households in Howard County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $179.7M a year, or $14,743 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, 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 12,191 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Howard County, TX compare with the U.S. for property management companies?

Howard County has 1 property management company 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, Howard County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,742 households, against one for every 1,638 across the U.S.

How fast is Howard County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Howard County at 30,504 people in 2025, down 12.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,191 households. The median household income in Howard County is $69,649 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Howard County has no market score for property management companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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