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Home inspectors in the Seaford, DE area
The home inspectors in the Seaford, DE area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Too few small-town markets have 5 or more listings to score them against each other.
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.7B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,701 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 106
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 277,140
- +16.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 home inspectors in the Seaford area. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.6, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Seaford area comes to about $1.7B a year: $15,701 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 6% 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 9 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Seaford area in 2023. That is one for every 11,827 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $300K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Seaford area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Seaford area from 2020 to 2025 at +16.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Too few small-town markets have 5 or more home inspectors on map listings to score them against each other.
How the Seaford area compares
The same measures for Delaware 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 | Seaford area | Delaware | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 106 | 153 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 11,827 | 16,752 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.4% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.1% | +6.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,701 | $16,011 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $81,497 | $84,954 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 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
- 1
- Amount
- $300K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Seaford 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 Seaford area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 277,140+16.1% since 2020
- Households
- 106,441
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 936 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 273
- Median household income
- $81,497
- Average household income
- $109,287
- Median home value
- $382,600
- Jobs located here
- 85,870
- Daytime population
- 239,628Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
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Health care
Child care
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Real estate
- Real estate40
- Real estate agents and brokers40
- Property management57
- Mortgage brokers and lenders55
- Home inspectors
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Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Seaford, DE area?
The Seaford area has 6 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Seaford, DE area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.7B a year, or $15,701 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 6% 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 106,441 households in the Seaford area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Seaford, DE area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Seaford area has 0.6 home inspectors per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 106, where 100 is the U.S. 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 11,827 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Seaford, DE area growing?
Population estimates put the Seaford area at 277,140 people in 2025, up 16.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 106,441 households. Median household income in the Seaford area is $81,497, in line with 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. Too few small-town markets have 5 or more home inspectors on map listings to score them against each other.
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