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Home inspectors in the Tuscaloosa, AL metro area
The home inspectors in the Tuscaloosa, AL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,113 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 142
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 281,850
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Tuscaloosa metro area spend about $1.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,113 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 42% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
The Tuscaloosa metro area has 4 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 0.4 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Tuscaloosa metro area in 2023. That is one for every 35,228 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Tuscaloosa metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 home inspectors on map listings, the Tuscaloosa metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Tuscaloosa metro area 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 | Tuscaloosa metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 142 | 118 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 35,228 | 24,657 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.6% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,113 | $14,375 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,517 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 the Tuscaloosa metro area, 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 the Tuscaloosa metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 281,850+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 105,683
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,493 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $61,517+22.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,019
- Median home value
- $230,700
- Jobs located here
- 106,684
- Daytime population
- 281,020Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Huntsville, AL | 69 | 10 | 0.5 | 126 | +12.5% | #29 of 243 |
| 2Montgomery, AL | 58 | 8 | 0.5 | 103 | +0.9% | #74 of 243 |
| 3Auburn-Opelika, AL | 55 | 5 | 0.7 | 83 | +7.1% | #95 of 243 |
| 4Mobile, AL | 54 | 7 | 0.4 | 123 | −0.7% | #104 of 243 |
| 5Birmingham, AL | 51 | 30 | 0.6 | 89 | +1.4% | #120 of 243 |
| 6Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 34 | 12 | 1.2 | 48 | +14.8% | #194 of 243 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | Not scored | 4 | 0.4 | 142 | +2.9% |
Other business types in the Tuscaloosa metro area
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 estate60
- Real estate agents and brokers60
- Property management40
- Mortgage brokers and lenders67
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Tuscaloosa, AL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 home inspectors in the Tuscaloosa metro area. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Tuscaloosa, AL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.5B a year, or $14,113 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 42% above 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,683 households in the Tuscaloosa metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tuscaloosa, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Tuscaloosa metro area has 0.4 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 142, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Tuscaloosa metro area would have about 6, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 35,228 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Tuscaloosa, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Tuscaloosa metro area at 281,850 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,683 households. The median household income in the Tuscaloosa metro area is $61,517 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.0% 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. The Tuscaloosa metro area has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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