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Property management companies in Nicholas County, WV
The property management companies in Nicholas County, WV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $125.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,279 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 226
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 23,848
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Nicholas County spend about $125.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,279 per household, 20% below 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.
Nicholas County has 1 property management company on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for residential and commercial property managers in Nicholas County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Nicholas County declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 property management company on map listings, Nicholas County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Nicholas County compares
The same measures for West Virginia 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.
| Measure | Nicholas County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 1.4 | 3.0 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 226 | 173 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,286 | 1,638 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.9% | +11.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,279 | $13,873 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $54,639 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- 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
- 2The 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 Nicholas 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 Nicholas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,848−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 9,466
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 647 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $54,639+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,713
- Median home value
- $121,600
- Jobs located here
- 6,859
- Daytime population
- 22,538Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for property management companies, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Nicholas County marked.
Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 81 | 8 | 1.6 | 176 | +13.7% | #26 of 910 |
| 2Wood County, WV | 50 | 7 | 2.0 | 126 | −2.1% | #438 of 910 |
| 3Putnam County, WV | 46 | 9 | 3.9 | 72 | −1.0% | #527 of 910 |
| 4Kanawha County, WV | 45 | 14 | 1.8 | 137 | −4.3% | #530 of 910 |
| 5Raleigh County, WV | 44 | 5 | 1.7 | 137 | −3.5% | #541 of 910 |
| 6Harrison County, WV | 44 | 8 | 3.0 | 84 | −2.5% | #557 of 910 |
| 7Monongalia County, WV | 42 | 14 | 3.1 | 85 | +2.0% | #590 of 910 |
| 8Cabell County, WV | 39 | 10 | 2.5 | 97 | −3.2% | #633 of 910 |
| Nicholas County, WV | Not scored | 1 | 1.1 | 226 | −2.9% |
Other business types in Nicholas County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate41
- Real estate agents and brokers41
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many property management companies are in Nicholas County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 property management company in Nicholas County. The listings count property management companies. No official count is published for residential and commercial property managers in Nicholas County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Nicholas County, WV spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $125.7M a year, or $13,279 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,466 households in Nicholas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nicholas County, WV compare with the U.S. for property management companies?
Nicholas County has 1 property management company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of property management companies to household spending, Nicholas County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Nicholas County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Nicholas County at 23,848 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,466 households. Median household income in Nicholas County is $54,639, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.3%, 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. Nicholas County has no market score for property management companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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