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Home inspectors in Woodbury County, IA

How Woodbury 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
2 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$555.1M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,640 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
53
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.0
67% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
106,649
+0.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $13,640 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Woodbury County spend about $555.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 47% 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.

Woodbury County has 4 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 1.0 for every 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Woodbury County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Woodbury County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 home inspectors on map listings, Woodbury County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Woodbury 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.

Home inspectors in Woodbury County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureWoodbury CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.00.50.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)53100100
Households per official establishmentn/a27,41117,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.7%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,640$14,016$16,661
Median household income$73,658$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored49

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
42 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Woodbury 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 Woodbury County

Population, 2025 estimate
106,649+0.7% since 2020
Households
40,699
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
873 sq. mi.
People per square mile
122
Median household income
$73,658+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,682
Median home value
$183,200
Jobs located here
50,646
Daytime population
104,991Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Woodbury County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, IA5050.869+4.6%#200 of 415
2Polk County, IA45160.872+4.8%#243 of 415
3Linn County, IA3190.958+0.7%#352 of 415
Woodbury County, IANot scored41.053+0.7%

Other business types in Woodbury County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home inspectors are in Woodbury County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 home inspectors in Woodbury County. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Woodbury County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Woodbury County, IA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $555.1M a year, or $13,640 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 47% 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 40,699 households in Woodbury County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Woodbury County, IA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Woodbury County has 1.0 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 53, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Woodbury County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Woodbury County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Woodbury County at 106,649 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,699 households. The median household income in Woodbury County is $73,658 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Woodbury County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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