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Home inspectors in the Mountain Home, AR area

How the Mountain Home, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Too few small-town markets have 5 or more listings to score them against each other.

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$251.7M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,007 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
19
81% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.6
4.3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,982
+3.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 home inspectors in the Mountain Home area. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 households, 4.3 times the U.S. rate of 0.6.

At $13,007 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in the Mountain Home area spend about $251.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 81% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Mountain Home area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mountain Home area grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Too few small-town markets have 5 or more home inspectors on map listings to score them against each other.

How the Mountain Home area compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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.

Home inspectors in Mountain Home, AR area compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureMountain Home areaArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.60.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)1988100
Households per official establishmentn/a26,21717,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.5%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,007$14,055$16,661
Median household income$48,452$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

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
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Mountain Home 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 Mountain Home area

Population, 2025 estimate
42,982+3.1% since 2020
Households
19,348
Median age
51.0
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
554 sq. mi.
People per square mile
77
Median household income
$48,452+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,486
Median home value
$174,600
Jobs located here
16,323
Daytime population
43,148Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Mountain Home area

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Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Mountain Home, AR area?

The Mountain Home area has 5 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in the Mountain Home area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Mountain Home, AR area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $251.7M a year, or $13,007 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 81% 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 19,348 households in the Mountain Home area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Mountain Home, AR area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Mountain Home area has 2.6 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 4.3 times the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 19, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Mountain Home area would have about 1, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is the Mountain Home, AR area growing?

Population estimates put the Mountain Home area at 42,982 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,348 households. Median household income in the Mountain Home area is $48,452, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. Too few small-town markets have 5 or more home inspectors on map listings to score them against each other.

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