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Home inspectors in the Rifle, CO area

How the Rifle, CO 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

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$627.1M
On rent and homeowner costs · $19,225 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
119
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
80,099
+1.2% 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 2 home inspectors in the Rifle area. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Rifle area comes to about $627.1M a year: $19,225 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. 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 Rifle area in 2023. That is one for every 5,437 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Rifle area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 home inspectors on map listings, the Rifle area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Rifle area compares

The same measures for Colorado 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 Rifle, CO area compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureRifle areaColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.60.90.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)11979100
Households per official establishment5,43710,74317,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.3%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$19,225$19,501$16,661
Median household income$95,635$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored35

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$643K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Rifle 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 Rifle area

Population, 2025 estimate
80,099+1.2% since 2020
Households
32,619
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
3,918 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$95,635
Average household income
$136,246
Median home value
$595,100
Jobs located here
42,438
Daytime population
79,095Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Rifle area

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Rifle, CO area?

The Rifle area has 2 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Rifle, CO area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $627.1M a year, or $19,225 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 32,619 households in the Rifle area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Rifle, CO area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Rifle area has 2 home inspectors on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,437 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is the Rifle, CO area growing?

Population estimates put the Rifle area at 80,099 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,619 households. Median household income in the Rifle area is $95,635, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Rifle area has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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