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Home inspectors in Des Moines County, IA
How Des Moines 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
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $222.6M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,956 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 21
- 79% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 3.8 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,077
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 home inspectors in Des Moines County. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 3.8 times the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Des Moines County comes to about $222.6M a year: $12,956 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 79% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Des Moines County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 5,726 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Des Moines County declined 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 home inspectors on map listings, Des Moines County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Des Moines 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 | Des Moines County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 21 | 100 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 5,726 | 27,411 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.7% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,956 | $14,016 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $62,928 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 4
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $219K
- 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
- 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 Des Moines 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 Des Moines County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,077−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 17,178
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 416 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $62,928+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,523
- Median home value
- $136,500
- Jobs located here
- 19,578
- Daytime population
- 39,488Residents 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 |
| Des Moines County, IA | Not scored | 4 | 2.3 | 21 | −2.0% |
Other business types in Des Moines 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
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Des Moines County, IA?
Des Moines County has 4 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Des Moines County, IA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $222.6M a year, or $12,956 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 79% 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 17,178 households in Des Moines County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Des Moines County, IA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Des Moines County has 2.3 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 3.8 times the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 21, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Des Moines County would have about 1, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,726 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Des Moines County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Des Moines County at 38,077 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,178 households. Median household income in Des Moines County is $62,928, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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. Des Moines 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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