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Home inspectors in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT
The home inspectors in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #212 of 415 scored counties
#7 of 7 scored counties in Connecticut
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $20,356 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 64
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 177,311
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $20,356 per household (22% above the U.S. average), households in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region spend about $1.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 36% 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.
The Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region has 9 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region in 2023. That is one for every 12,345 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #212 of 415 scored counties and #7 of 7 scored counties in Connecticut.
How the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 64 | 126 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 12,345 | 23,900 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.2% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $20,356 | $19,819 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $104,428 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, 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 Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 177,311+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 74,068
- Median age
- 45.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 424 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 415
- Median household income
- $104,428
- Average household income
- $138,522
- Median home value
- $379,700
- Jobs located here
- 70,497
- Daytime population
- 159,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Connecticut market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Connecticut for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region marked.
Top counties in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT | 82 | 5 | 0.4 | 180 | +4.1% | #8 of 415 |
| 2Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 82 | 16 | 0.7 | 126 | +3.5% | #9 of 415 |
| 3Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT | 77 | 10 | 0.6 | 129 | +3.2% | #22 of 415 |
| 4Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 76 | 5 | 0.4 | 164 | +2.0% | #23 of 415 |
| 5Capitol Planning Region, CT | 75 | 19 | 0.5 | 153 | +3.1% | #29 of 415 |
| 6South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 66 | 20 | 0.9 | 84 | +2.5% | #83 of 415 |
| 7Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT | 48 | 9 | 1.2 | 64 | +2.3% | #212 of 415 |
Other business types in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
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 estate66
- Real estate agents and brokers71
- Property management73
- Mortgage brokers and lenders81
- Home inspectors48
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 home inspectors in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. One of them (11%) 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 Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.5B a year, or $20,356 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 9 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 36% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 74,068 households in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region has 1.2 home inspectors per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 64, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,345 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT growing?
Population estimates put the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region at 177,311 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,068 households. The median household income in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region is $104,428 a year, 29% 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. 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 Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region scores 48 for home inspectors (lower middle), #212 of 415 scored counties.
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