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Home inspectors in Sangamon County, IL
The home inspectors in Sangamon County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #304 of 415 scored counties
#12 of 16 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,133 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 76
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 194,170
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 home inspectors in Sangamon County. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Sangamon County comes to about $1.2B a year: $14,133 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 24% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Sangamon County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 16,952 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Sangamon County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home inspectors, Sangamon County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #304 of 415 scored counties and #12 of 16 scored counties in Illinois.
How Sangamon 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 | Sangamon County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 76 | 89 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 16,952 | 21,523 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,133 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $75,357 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $408K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Sangamon 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 Sangamon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 194,170−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 84,762
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 868 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 225
- Median household income
- $75,357+21.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,226
- Median home value
- $176,300
- Jobs located here
- 128,055
- Daytime population
- 233,017Residents 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 Sangamon 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 |
| 12Sangamon County, IL | 38 | 6 | 0.7 | 76 | −1.0% | #304 of 415 |
Other business types in Sangamon 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 estate38
- Real estate agents and brokers40
- Property management46
- Mortgage brokers and lenders66
- Home inspectors38
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Sangamon County, IL?
There are 6 home inspectors on map listings in Sangamon County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Sangamon County, IL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.2B a year, or $14,133 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 24% 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 84,762 households in Sangamon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sangamon County, IL compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Sangamon County has 0.7 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 76, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Sangamon County would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,952 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Sangamon County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Sangamon County at 194,170 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 84,762 households. Median household income in Sangamon County is $75,357, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.7%, 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. Sangamon County scores 38 for home inspectors (lower middle), #304 of 415 scored counties.
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