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Home inspectors in Lee County, AL
How Lee County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #172 of 415 scored counties
#3 of 6 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,460 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 76
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 189,881
- +8.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 home inspectors in Lee County. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.7 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Lee County comes to about $1B a year: $14,460 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 24% below the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money home inspectors take in.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Lee County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 17,359 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Lee County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home inspectors, Lee County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #172 of 415 scored counties and #3 of 6 scored counties in Alabama.
How Lee County compares
The same measures for Alabama 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 | Lee County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 76 | 118 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 17,359 | 24,657 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.6% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.6% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,460 | $14,375 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $65,824 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $238K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 building inspection services in Lee 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 Lee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 189,881+8.6% since 2020
- Households
- 69,436
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 608 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 298
- Median household income
- $65,824+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,204
- Median home value
- $262,200
- Jobs located here
- 64,944
- Daytime population
- 179,619Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Lee County marked.
Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AL | 74 | 8 | 0.5 | 127 | +11.0% | #36 of 415 |
| 2Mobile County, AL | 55 | 7 | 0.4 | 123 | −0.7% | #158 of 415 |
| 3Lee County, AL | 54 | 5 | 0.7 | 76 | +8.6% | #172 of 415 |
| 4Jefferson County, AL | 49 | 17 | 0.6 | 90 | −1.3% | #205 of 415 |
| 5Shelby County, AL | 40 | 10 | 1.2 | 56 | +6.5% | #292 of 415 |
| 6Baldwin County, AL | 33 | 12 | 1.2 | 48 | +14.8% | #339 of 415 |
Other business types in Lee 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 estate46
- Real estate agents and brokers50
- Property management62
- Mortgage brokers and lenders42
- Home inspectors54
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Lee County, AL?
Lee County has 5 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Lee County, AL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1B a year, or $14,460 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 24% below the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 69,436 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lee County, AL compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Lee County has 0.7 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 76, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Lee County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,359 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Lee County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Lee County at 189,881 people in 2025, up 8.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,436 households. Median household income in Lee County is $65,824, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. Lee County scores 54 for home inspectors (upper middle), #172 of 415 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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