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Home inspectors in Will County, IL
How Will 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #300 of 415 scored counties
#11 of 16 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 29
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- −28.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $4B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,333 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 52
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 712,253
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Will County comes to about $4B a year: $16,333 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 48% 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.
There are 29 home inspectors on map listings in Will County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.2, twice the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Will County classed as building inspection services, down 28.6% from 2019. That is one for every 16,285 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $899K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Will County.
Population estimates show Will County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Will County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #300 of 415 scored counties and #11 of 16 scored counties in Illinois.
How Will 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 | Will County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 52 | 89 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 16,285 | 21,523 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −28.6% | −5.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,333 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $109,984 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 15−28.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 290 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $899K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Will 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 Will County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 712,253+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 244,273
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 836 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 839
- Median household income
- $109,984+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $134,183
- Median home value
- $319,600
- Jobs located here
- 272,349
- Daytime population
- 615,002Residents 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 Will 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 |
| 11Will County, IL | 39 | 29 | 1.2 | 52 | +2.2% | #300 of 415 |
Other business types in Will 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 estate49
- Real estate agents and brokers50
- Property management74
- Mortgage brokers and lenders60
- Home inspectors39
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Will County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 29 home inspectors in Will County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023, down 28.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Will County, IL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4B a year, or $16,333 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 29 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 48% 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 244,273 households in Will County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Will County, IL compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Will County has 1.2 home inspectors per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 52, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Will County would have about 15, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,285 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. The official count fell 28.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Will County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Will County at 712,253 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 244,273 households. The median household income in Will County is $109,984 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Will County scores 39 for home inspectors (lower middle), #300 of 415 scored counties.
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