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Home inspectors in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area
The home inspectors in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #59 of 243 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Iowa
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,861 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 171
- 71% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 380,452
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 home inspectors in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.3, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $13,861 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area spend about $2.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 71% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 32,340 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home inspectors, the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #59 of 243 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Iowa. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area 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 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 171 | 100 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 32,340 | 27,411 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.7% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,861 | $14,016 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $72,738 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $342K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 380,452−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 161,702
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,270 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $72,738+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,004
- Median home value
- $174,100
- Jobs located here
- 174,294
- Daytime population
- 383,694Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Iowa for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Iowa (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 61 | 5 | 0.3 | 171 | −0.9% | #59 of 243 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 61 | 23 | 0.6 | 96 | +4.2% | #65 of 243 |
| 2Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 55 | 19 | 0.6 | 88 | +6.7% | #94 of 243 |
| 3Iowa City, IA | 54 | 5 | 0.7 | 79 | +4.1% | #106 of 243 |
| 4Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 27 | 5 | 0.7 | 72 | +0.5% | #226 of 243 |
| 5Cedar Rapids, IA | 27 | 10 | 0.9 | 62 | +1.0% | #228 of 243 |
Other business types in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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 estate56
- Real estate agents and brokers52
- Property management59
- Mortgage brokers and lenders55
- Home inspectors61
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area?
There are 5 home inspectors on map listings in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.2B a year, or $13,861 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 71% 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 161,702 households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area 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 171, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area would have about 9, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 32,340 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area at 380,452 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 161,702 households. Median household income in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area is $72,738, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.3%, 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area scores 61 for home inspectors (upper middle), #59 of 243 scored metro areas.
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