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Home inspectors in Whiteside County, IL

How Whiteside 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$305M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,192 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
116
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
54,121
−2.6% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Whiteside County comes to about $305M a year: $13,192 per household, 21% 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.

Whiteside County has 1 home inspector on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Whiteside County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Whiteside County declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 home inspector on map listings, Whiteside County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Whiteside 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 Whiteside County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureWhiteside CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)11689100
Households per official establishmentn/a21,52317,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.3%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,192$14,866$16,661
Median household income$67,500$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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Whiteside 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 Whiteside County

Population, 2025 estimate
54,121−2.6% since 2020
Households
23,120
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
684 sq. mi.
People per square mile
80
Median household income
$67,500+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,592
Median home value
$127,100
Jobs located here
20,819
Daytime population
50,543Residents 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 Whiteside 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
Whiteside County, ILNot scored10.4116−2.6%

Other business types in Whiteside County

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in Whiteside County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 home inspector in Whiteside County. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Whiteside County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $305M a year, or $13,192 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, 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 23,120 households in Whiteside County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Whiteside County has 1 home inspector on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending.

How fast is Whiteside County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Whiteside County at 54,121 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,120 households. The median household income in Whiteside County is $67,500 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.5% 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. Whiteside County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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