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Home inspectors in Polk County, FL
The home inspectors in Polk County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #266 of 415 scored counties
#5 of 36 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 30
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,367 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 53
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 874,790
- +19.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $14,367 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Polk County spend about $4.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 47% 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.
Polk County has 30 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Polk County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 14,471 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Polk County grew 19.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home inspectors, Polk County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #266 of 415 scored counties and #5 of 36 scored counties in Florida.
How Polk County 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 | Polk County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 53 | 47 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 14,471 | 8,052 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +19.8% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,367 | $15,326 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $65,978 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 300 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Polk County, 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 874,790+19.8% since 2020
- Households
- 289,425
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,799 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 440
- Median household income
- $65,978+30.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,487
- Median home value
- $266,500
- Jobs located here
- 284,856
- Daytime population
- 728,367Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clay County, FL | 51 | 5 | 0.6 | 101 | +9.4% | #190 of 415 |
| 2Indian River County, FL | 46 | 5 | 0.7 | 83 | +7.7% | #228 of 415 |
| 3Bay County, FL | 45 | 6 | 0.8 | 75 | +17.2% | #242 of 415 |
| 4Orange County, FL | 44 | 52 | 1.0 | 61 | +6.7% | #256 of 415 |
| 5Polk County, FL | 43 | 30 | 1.0 | 53 | +19.8% | #266 of 415 |
| 6Lake County, FL | 41 | 13 | 0.8 | 72 | +18.1% | #274 of 415 |
| 7Hillsborough County, FL | 40 | 55 | 0.9 | 64 | +7.4% | #288 of 415 |
| 8Duval County, FL | 37 | 48 | 1.2 | 49 | +6.5% | #317 of 415 |
| 9Pasco County, FL | 36 | 30 | 1.3 | 45 | +19.1% | #322 of 415 |
| 10St. Johns County, FL | 35 | 25 | 2.2 | 32 | +25.0% | #325 of 415 |
Other business types in Polk County
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 estate45
- Real estate agents and brokers48
- Property management50
- Mortgage brokers and lenders64
- Home inspectors43
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Polk County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 home inspectors in Polk County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Polk County, FL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4.2B a year, or $14,367 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 30 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 47% 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 289,425 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, FL compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Polk County has 1.0 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 53, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Polk County would have about 16, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,471 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Polk County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 874,790 people in 2025, up 19.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 289,425 households. The median household income in Polk County is $65,978 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Polk County scores 43 for home inspectors (lower middle), #266 of 415 scored counties.
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