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Home inspectors in the Salinas, CA metro area
The home inspectors in the Salinas, CA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #21 of 243 scored metro areas
#5 of 17 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.6B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,528 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 141
- 41% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 433,729
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
For home inspectors, the Salinas metro area has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #21 of 243 scored metro areas and #5 of 17 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for home inspectors.
At $19,528 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in the Salinas metro area spend about $2.6B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 41% 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 Salinas metro area has 7 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.5 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Salinas metro area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 33,122 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Salinas metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Salinas metro area 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 | Salinas metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 141 | 168 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 33,122 | 13,535 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,528 | $19,977 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $97,230 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $204K
- 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
- 10The 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 Salinas 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 Salinas metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 433,729−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 132,489
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,282 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 133
- Median household income
- $97,230+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,514
- Median home value
- $781,000
- Jobs located here
- 167,373
- Daytime population
- 429,093Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in California for home inspectors, numbered among those based in California, with the Salinas metro area marked.
Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stockton-Lodi, CA | 85 | 9 | 0.4 | 198 | +5.5% | #1 of 243 |
| 2San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 81 | 16 | 0.2 | 391 | −0.6% | #4 of 243 |
| 3San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 75 | 48 | 0.3 | 313 | −2.4% | #15 of 243 |
| 4Vallejo, CA | 75 | 8 | 0.5 | 148 | +0.6% | #17 of 243 |
| 5Salinas, CA | 73 | 7 | 0.5 | 141 | −1.5% | #21 of 243 |
| 6Fresno, CA | 71 | 11 | 0.3 | 225 | +3.2% | #24 of 243 |
| 7Modesto, CA | 70 | 6 | 0.3 | 204 | +0.7% | #27 of 243 |
| 8San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 68 | 5 | 0.5 | 163 | 0.0% | #31 of 243 |
| 9Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 66 | 60 | 0.7 | 110 | +3.2% | #40 of 243 |
| 10Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 64 | 10 | 0.7 | 113 | −1.4% | #48 of 243 |
Other business types in the Salinas 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 estate50
- Real estate agents and brokers54
- Property management35
- Mortgage brokers and lenders49
- Home inspectors73
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Salinas, CA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 home inspectors in the Salinas metro area. 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 the Salinas, CA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.6B a year, or $19,528 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 7 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 41% 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 132,489 households in the Salinas metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Salinas, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Salinas metro area has 0.5 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 141, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Salinas metro area would have about 10, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 33,122 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Salinas, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Salinas metro area at 433,729 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 132,489 households. The median household income in the Salinas metro area is $97,230 a year, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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 Salinas metro area scores 73 for home inspectors (upper middle), #21 of 243 scored metro areas.
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