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Home inspectors in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area
How the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #193 of 243 scored metro areas
#7 of 21 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 14
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.9B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,975 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 52
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 315,098
- +9.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area is 34 (lower middle), #193 of 243 scored metro areas and #7 of 21 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 home inspectors in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 1.2 for every 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Households in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area spend about $1.9B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $15,975 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 48% 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.
Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area in 2023. That is one for every 5,703 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area grew 9.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 52 | 47 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 5,703 | 8,052 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,975 | $15,326 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $81,993 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21
- Employees, 2023
- 92
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 315,098+9.4% since 2020
- Households
- 119,773
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,968 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 152
- Median household income
- $81,993+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,705
- Median home value
- $364,100
- Jobs located here
- 125,751
- Daytime population
- 308,702Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 46 | 5 | 0.7 | 83 | +7.7% | #146 of 243 |
| 2Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 44 | 7 | 0.8 | 71 | +15.7% | #152 of 243 |
| 3Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 39 | 30 | 1.0 | 53 | +19.8% | #172 of 243 |
| 4Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 37 | 111 | 1.1 | 55 | +10.3% | #183 of 243 |
| 5Jacksonville, FL | 36 | 81 | 1.2 | 49 | +10.7% | #185 of 243 |
| 6Gainesville, FL | 35 | 12 | 0.8 | 65 | +5.4% | #187 of 243 |
| 7Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 34 | 14 | 1.2 | 52 | +9.4% | #193 of 243 |
| 8Naples-Marco Island, FL | 33 | 33 | 2.0 | 32 | +10.6% | #201 of 243 |
| 9Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 32 | 164 | 1.2 | 48 | +7.3% | #205 of 243 |
| 10Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 32 | 34 | 1.3 | 45 | +9.1% | #206 of 243 |
Other business types in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area
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 estate30
- Real estate agents and brokers30
- Property management30
- Mortgage brokers and lenders36
- Home inspectors34
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area?
There are 14 home inspectors on map listings in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.9B a year, or $15,975 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 14 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 48% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 119,773 households in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area 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 52, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area would have about 7, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,703 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area at 315,098 people in 2025, up 9.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 119,773 households. Median household income in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area is $81,993, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area scores 34 for home inspectors (lower middle), #193 of 243 scored metro areas.
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