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Home inspectors in McHenry County, IL
How McHenry County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #272 of 415 scored counties
#8 of 16 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.9B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,142 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 80
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 317,751
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in McHenry County spend about $1.9B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $16,142 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 20% 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.
McHenry County has 9 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in McHenry County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 8,400 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in McHenry County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). McHenry County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #272 of 415 scored counties and #8 of 16 scored counties in Illinois.
How McHenry 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 | McHenry County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 80 | 89 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 8,400 | 21,523 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,142 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $104,802 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- 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 McHenry 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 McHenry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 317,751+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 117,594
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 603 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 518
- Median household income
- $104,802+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $130,520
- Median home value
- $308,100
- Jobs located here
- 93,473
- Daytime population
- 243,217Residents 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 McHenry 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 |
Other business types in McHenry 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 estate48
- Real estate agents and brokers51
- Property management75
- Mortgage brokers and lenders51
- Home inspectors41
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in McHenry County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 home inspectors in McHenry County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in McHenry County, IL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.9B a year, or $16,142 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 9 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 20% 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 117,594 households in McHenry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McHenry County, IL compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
McHenry County has 0.8 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 80, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, McHenry County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,400 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is McHenry County, IL growing?
Population estimates put McHenry County at 317,751 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 117,594 households. The median household income in McHenry County is $104,802 a year, 30% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.7% 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. McHenry County scores 41 for home inspectors (lower middle), #272 of 415 scored counties.
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