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Home inspectors in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro area
How the Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro area compares with other metro areas 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $977.6M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,520 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 186
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 208,774
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,520 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area spend about $977.6M a year on rent and homeowner costs. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
There are 2 home inspectors on map listings in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area as of September 2026. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 14,462 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 home inspectors on map listings, the Elkhart-Goshen metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Elkhart-Goshen metro area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Elkhart-Goshen metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 186 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 14,462 | 23,017 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,520 | $13,818 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $68,561 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 183
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 the Elkhart-Goshen metro area, 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 the Elkhart-Goshen metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,774+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 72,309
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 463 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 447
- Median household income
- $68,561+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,471
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 133,676
- Daytime population
- 244,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Elkhart-Goshen metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 68 | 36 | 0.4 | 130 | +5.4% | #34 of 243 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 52 | 67 | 0.7 | 76 | +2.7% | #117 of 243 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 50 | 237 | 0.7 | 90 | 0.0% | #126 of 243 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 46 | 41 | 0.7 | 77 | +2.9% | #147 of 243 |
| 2Fort Wayne, IN | 46 | 14 | 0.8 | 68 | +3.9% | #149 of 243 |
| 3Evansville, IN | 38 | 7 | 0.6 | 84 | +1.6% | #174 of 243 |
| 4South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 38 | 11 | 0.9 | 60 | +0.1% | #177 of 243 |
| 5Bloomington, IN | 34 | 6 | 0.9 | 58 | +2.0% | #191 of 243 |
| 6Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 27 | 7 | 0.8 | 65 | +2.1% | #227 of 243 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | Not scored | 2 | 0.3 | 186 | +0.9% |
Other business types in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area
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 estate52
- Real estate agents and brokers50
- Property management55
- Mortgage brokers and lenders29
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 home inspectors in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $977.6M a year, or $13,520 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, 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 72,309 households in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Elkhart-Goshen metro area has 2 home inspectors on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Elkhart-Goshen metro area would have about 4, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,462 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Elkhart-Goshen metro area at 208,774 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,309 households. The median household income in the Elkhart-Goshen metro area is $68,561 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.2% 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. The Elkhart-Goshen metro area has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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