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Home inspectors in Black Hawk County, IA
How Black Hawk County, IA 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $732.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,428 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 70
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,532
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 home inspectors in Black Hawk County. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $13,428 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Black Hawk County spend about $732.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 30% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Black Hawk County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Black Hawk County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 home inspectors on map listings, Black Hawk County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Black Hawk County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Black Hawk County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 70 | 100 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 27,411 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.7% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,428 | $14,016 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $66,417 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
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
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Black Hawk 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 Black Hawk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,532+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 54,563
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 566 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 232
- Median household income
- $66,417+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,158
- Median home value
- $188,900
- Jobs located here
- 75,052
- Daytime population
- 146,507Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, IA | 50 | 5 | 0.8 | 69 | +4.6% | #200 of 415 |
| 2Polk County, IA | 45 | 16 | 0.8 | 72 | +4.8% | #243 of 415 |
| 3Linn County, IA | 31 | 9 | 0.9 | 58 | +0.7% | #352 of 415 |
| Black Hawk County, IA | Not scored | 4 | 0.7 | 70 | +0.4% |
Other business types in Black Hawk 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 estate34
- Real estate agents and brokers39
- Property management35
- Mortgage brokers and lenders53
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Black Hawk County, IA?
Black Hawk County has 4 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Black Hawk County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Black Hawk County, IA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $732.7M a year, or $13,428 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 30% 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 54,563 households in Black Hawk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Black Hawk County, IA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Black Hawk 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 70, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Black Hawk County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Black Hawk County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Black Hawk County at 131,532 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,563 households. Median household income in Black Hawk County is $66,417, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. Black Hawk County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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