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Home inspectors in the Vallejo, CA metro area

How the Vallejo, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 75 out of 100: High

Ranked #17 of 243 scored metro areas
#4 of 17 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
8
1 chain location (13%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.1B
On rent and homeowner costs · $19,763 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
148
48% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.5
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
455,376
+0.6% 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

The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in the Vallejo metro area is 75 (high), #17 of 243 scored metro areas and #4 of 17 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for home inspectors.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 home inspectors in the Vallejo metro area. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Vallejo metro area comes to about $3.1B a year: $19,763 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 48% 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.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Vallejo metro area in 2023. That is one for every 26,252 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Vallejo metro area grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Vallejo 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.

Home inspectors in Vallejo, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureVallejo metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.50.50.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)148168100
Households per official establishment26,25213,53517,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.5%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$19,763$19,977$16,661
Median household income$100,401$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score7555

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$612K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
81 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Vallejo 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 Vallejo metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
455,376+0.6% since 2020
Households
157,512
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
822 sq. mi.
People per square mile
550
Median household income
$100,401+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$126,026
Median home value
$617,700
Jobs located here
138,955
Daytime population
384,717Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for home inspectors, numbered among those based in California, with the Vallejo metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Stockton-Lodi, CA8590.4198+5.5%#1 of 243
2San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA81160.2391−0.6%#4 of 243
3San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA75480.3313−2.4%#15 of 243
4Vallejo, CA7580.5148+0.6%#17 of 243
5Salinas, CA7370.5141−1.5%#21 of 243
6Fresno, CA71110.3225+3.2%#24 of 243
7Modesto, CA7060.3204+0.7%#27 of 243
8San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA6850.51630.0%#31 of 243
9Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA66600.7110+3.2%#40 of 243
10Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA64100.7113−1.4%#48 of 243

Other business types in the Vallejo metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Vallejo, CA metro area?

There are 8 home inspectors on map listings in the Vallejo metro area as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in the Vallejo, CA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $3.1B a year, or $19,763 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 48% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 157,512 households in the Vallejo metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Vallejo, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Vallejo 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 148, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Vallejo metro area would have about 12, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 26,252 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is the Vallejo, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Vallejo metro area at 455,376 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 157,512 households. Median household income in the Vallejo metro area is $100,401, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.2%, 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 Vallejo metro area scores 75 for home inspectors (high), #17 of 243 scored metro areas.

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