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Home inspectors in Rock Island County, IL

How Rock Island 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

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$820.4M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,290 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
141,869
−1.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

There are no home inspectors on map listings in Rock Island County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Rock Island County would have about 3, against none on map listings.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Rock Island County comes to about $820.4M a year: $13,290 per household, 20% below 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Rock Island County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Rock Island County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no home inspectors on map listings, Rock Island County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Rock Island 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.

Home inspectors in Rock Island County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureRock Island CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.00.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)n/a89100
Households per official establishmentn/a21,52317,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.3%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,290$14,866$16,661
Median household income$67,159$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored31

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
3The 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 Rock Island 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 Rock Island County

Population, 2025 estimate
141,869−1.7% since 2020
Households
61,733
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
428 sq. mi.
People per square mile
334
Median household income
$67,159+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,299
Median home value
$150,400
Jobs located here
67,505
Daytime population
147,154Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Rock Island County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Cook County, IL541130.5106−1.3%#166 of 415
2Winnebago County, IL5260.598−0.4%#180 of 415
3Kane County, IL50120.694+1.8%#197 of 415
4Lake County, IL47180.792+0.8%#216 of 415
5McLean County, IL4650.777+0.1%#230 of 415
6DuPage County, IL46300.975+0.3%#232 of 415
7Kendall County, IL4451.157+9.9%#257 of 415
8McHenry County, IL4190.880+2.5%#272 of 415
9Madison County, IL4180.774−1.0%#273 of 415
10Champaign County, IL3960.773+1.8%#298 of 415
Rock Island County, ILNot scored00.0n/a−1.7%

Other business types in Rock Island County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home inspectors are in Rock Island County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no home inspectors in Rock Island County. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Rock Island County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Rock Island County, IL spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $820.4M a year, or $13,290 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 61,733 households in Rock Island County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Rock Island County, IL compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Rock Island County has no home inspectors on map listings. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Rock Island County would have about 3, against none on map listings.

How fast is Rock Island County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Rock Island County at 141,869 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,733 households. Median household income in Rock Island County is $67,159, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Rock Island County has no market score for home inspectors, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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