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Home inspectors in Hardin County, IL
How Hardin County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $18.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $11,946 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 3,588
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Hardin County spend about $18.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $11,946 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no home inspectors in Hardin County.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Hardin County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Hardin County declined 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Hardin County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Hardin County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | n/a | 89 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 21,523 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $11,946 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $54,271 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 31 |
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
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 0The 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 Hardin 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 Hardin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,588−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 1,545
- Median age
- 52.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 177 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $54,271
- Average household income
- $64,029
- Median home value
- $103,800
- Jobs located here
- 703
- Daytime population
- 3,107Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Hardin County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cook County, IL | 54 | 113 | 0.5 | 106 | −1.3% | #166 of 415 |
| 2Winnebago County, IL | 52 | 6 | 0.5 | 98 | −0.4% | #180 of 415 |
| 3Kane County, IL | 50 | 12 | 0.6 | 94 | +1.8% | #197 of 415 |
| 4Lake County, IL | 47 | 18 | 0.7 | 92 | +0.8% | #216 of 415 |
| 5McLean County, IL | 46 | 5 | 0.7 | 77 | +0.1% | #230 of 415 |
| 6DuPage County, IL | 46 | 30 | 0.9 | 75 | +0.3% | #232 of 415 |
| 7Kendall County, IL | 44 | 5 | 1.1 | 57 | +9.9% | #257 of 415 |
| 8McHenry County, IL | 41 | 9 | 0.8 | 80 | +2.5% | #272 of 415 |
| 9Madison County, IL | 41 | 8 | 0.7 | 74 | −1.0% | #273 of 415 |
| 10Champaign County, IL | 39 | 6 | 0.7 | 73 | +1.8% | #298 of 415 |
| Hardin County, IL | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −1.8% |
Other business types in Hardin County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Hardin County, IL?
There are no home inspectors on map listings in Hardin County as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Hardin County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hardin County, IL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $18.5M a year, or $11,946 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,545 households in Hardin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardin County, IL compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Hardin County has no home inspectors on map listings.
How fast is Hardin County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Hardin County at 3,588 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,545 households. The median household income in Hardin County is $54,271 a year, 33% below 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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How the score works · Top markets for home inspectors · All 56 business types in Hardin County
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