Detroit, MI · Property Management

Property Management in Detroit, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 499 residential property managers in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area in 2023, employing 9,778 people with $472.4 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

499

26th most of 385 US metro areas

People employed

9,778

19.6 per business, against 9.1 across all metros

Annual payroll

$472.4 million

$48,309 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

77%

of businesses, against 85% across all metros

Change since 2022

+4.6%

in the number of businesses (477 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Detroit.

  • Detroit is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of residential property managers, 26th of 385.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 19.6 employees each, against 9.1 across all metros.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $48,309 per employee a year, against $59,712.
  • The market grew: 22 more businesses than in 2022.

How VERA helps property management in Detroit.

The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.

Acknowledge every maintenance request in minutes

VERA drafts the tenant reply, the vendor dispatch with unit and access details, and the owner heads-up, so nothing sits in a queue overnight.

Collect rent without the awkward calls

VERA ranks unpaid balances by unit and days late and drafts a courteous reminder with a payment link for each one.

Start renewals while you still have time

VERA flags leases well ahead of expiration and drafts the renewal offer on your template, so units renew instead of turning over.

Questions

Property Management in Detroit

How many residential property managers are there in Detroit?

499 in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 9,778 people and paid $472.4 million in annual payroll.

Is the Detroit market for property management growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 477 to 499 (+4.6%).

What does VERA do for property management in Detroit?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Detroit business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

Property Management in other markets

Other Detroit markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is residential property managers, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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