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Home inspectors in Kern County, CA
How Kern County, CA 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #86 of 415 scored counties
#12 of 24 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.9B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,084 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 265
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.2
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 927,068
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $17,084 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in Kern County spend about $4.9B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 2.7 times the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
There are 7 home inspectors on map listings in Kern County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.2 for every 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Kern County in 2023. That is one for every 13,568 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Kern County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in Kern County is 65 (upper middle), #86 of 415 scored counties and #12 of 24 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Kern County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Kern County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 265 | 168 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 13,568 | 13,535 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,084 | $19,977 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $70,210 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 123
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Kern 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 Kern County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 927,068+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 284,931
- Median age
- 33.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,135 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 112
- Median household income
- $70,210+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,147
- Median home value
- $338,300
- Jobs located here
- 302,967
- Daytime population
- 882,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Joaquin County, CA | 83 | 9 | 0.4 | 198 | +5.5% | #4 of 415 |
| 2Santa Clara County, CA | 82 | 16 | 0.2 | 380 | −0.9% | #7 of 415 |
| 3San Francisco County, CA | 79 | 9 | 0.2 | 350 | −5.6% | #13 of 415 |
| 4Solano County, CA | 74 | 8 | 0.5 | 148 | +0.6% | #34 of 415 |
| 5Alameda County, CA | 73 | 23 | 0.4 | 221 | −2.6% | #40 of 415 |
| 6Fresno County, CA | 73 | 10 | 0.3 | 217 | +2.6% | #41 of 415 |
| 7Contra Costa County, CA | 72 | 10 | 0.2 | 348 | +0.3% | #45 of 415 |
| 8Monterey County, CA | 71 | 7 | 0.5 | 141 | −1.5% | #48 of 415 |
| 9Sacramento County, CA | 70 | 38 | 0.7 | 109 | +2.0% | #60 of 415 |
| 10Stanislaus County, CA | 69 | 6 | 0.3 | 204 | +0.7% | #61 of 415 |
| 12Kern County, CA | 65 | 7 | 0.2 | 265 | +2.3% | #86 of 415 |
Other business types in Kern 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 estate53
- Real estate agents and brokers60
- Property management51
- Mortgage brokers and lenders53
- Home inspectors65
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Kern County, CA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 home inspectors in Kern County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Kern County, CA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4.9B a year, or $17,084 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 7 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 2.7 times 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 284,931 households in Kern County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kern County, CA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Kern County has 0.2 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 265, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Kern County would have about 19, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,568 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Kern County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Kern County at 927,068 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 284,931 households. The median household income in Kern County is $70,210 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. Kern County scores 65 for home inspectors (upper middle), #86 of 415 scored counties.
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