National Statistics

Estimated number of U.S. association-governed communities and individual housing units and residents within those communities:

Association-governed communities include homeowners associations, condominiums, cooperatives and other planned communities. Homeowners associations and other planned communities account for 50-52 percent of the totals above, condominiums for 45-48 percent and cooperatives for 2-3 percent. These are estimates based on U.S. Census publications, American Housing Survey (AHS), IRS Statistics of Income Reports, California and Florida state-specific information, related association industry trade groups and collaboration with industry professionals.

• Estimated number of community association managers: 60,000
• Estimated number of community association management companies: 10,000
• CAI estimates that 15-25 percent of common-interest communities are self-managed, meaning they do not employ an onsite manager or use the services of a association management company. The percentage of self-managed associations is highest in older urban areas where many apartment buildings have been converted to condominiums or cooperatives.

In 2012, association boards supervised the collection of close to $40 billion in annual assessments and maintained investment accounts of more than $35 billion for the long-term maintenance and replacement of commonly held property.