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Home inspectors in St. Clair County, IL

The home inspectors in St. Clair County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.4B
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,016 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
179
79% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.3
50% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
250,708
−2.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 home inspectors in St. Clair County. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in St. Clair County comes to about $1.4B a year: $14,016 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 79% above 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.

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

Population estimates put the population change in St. Clair County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 home inspectors on map listings, St. Clair County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How St. Clair 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 St. Clair County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Clair CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.30.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)17989100
Households per official establishmentn/a21,52317,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.3%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,016$14,866$16,661
Median household income$73,854$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
30 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 St. Clair 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 St. Clair County

Population, 2025 estimate
250,708−2.5% since 2020
Households
100,846
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
658 sq. mi.
People per square mile
386
Median household income
$73,854+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,153
Median home value
$180,300
Jobs located here
90,959
Daytime population
229,240Residents 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 St. Clair 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
St. Clair County, ILNot scored30.3179−2.5%

Other business types in St. Clair County

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in St. Clair County, IL?

There are 3 home inspectors on map listings in St. Clair County as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in St. Clair County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in St. Clair County, IL spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.4B a year, or $14,016 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 3 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 79% above 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 100,846 households in St. Clair County and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Clair County, IL compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

St. Clair County has 0.3 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 179, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, St. Clair County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is St. Clair County, IL growing?

Population estimates put St. Clair County at 250,708 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 100,846 households. Median household income in St. Clair County is $73,854, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. St. Clair County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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