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Home inspectors in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT
How the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT compares with other counties 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
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $935.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,556 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 178
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 114,690
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 home inspectors in the Northwest Hills Planning Region. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.
Households in the Northwest Hills Planning Region spend about $935.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $19,556 per household, 17% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Northwest Hills Planning Region: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show the Northwest Hills Planning Region grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 home inspectors on map listings, the Northwest Hills Planning Region isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Northwest Hills 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 | Northwest Hills Planning Region | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 178 | 126 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 23,900 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.2% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,556 | $19,819 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $93,551 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- 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
- 4The 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 Northwest Hills 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 Northwest Hills Planning Region
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 114,690+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 47,845
- Median age
- 47.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 787 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $93,551
- Average household income
- $131,679
- Median home value
- $335,600
- Jobs located here
- 36,871
- Daytime population
- 93,666Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT | Not scored | 2 | 0.4 | 178 | +2.2% |
Other business types in the Northwest Hills 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 estate67
- Real estate agents and brokers69
- Property management72
- Mortgage brokers and lenders81
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT?
There are 2 home inspectors on map listings in the Northwest Hills Planning Region as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in the Northwest Hills Planning Region: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $935.7M a year, or $19,556 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, 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 47,845 households in the Northwest Hills Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Northwest Hills Planning Region has 2 home inspectors on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Northwest Hills Planning Region would have about 4, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is the Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT growing?
Population estimates put the Northwest Hills Planning Region at 114,690 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,845 households. Median household income in the Northwest Hills Planning Region is $93,551, 16% 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 Northwest Hills Planning Region 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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