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Home inspectors in Douglas County, KS
The home inspectors in Douglas County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #336 of 415 scored counties
#3 of 3 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $706.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,011 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 54
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,920
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in Douglas County is 33 (lower middle), #336 of 415 scored counties and #3 of 3 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $14,011 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Douglas County spend about $706.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 46% 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.
Douglas County has 5 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.0, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Douglas County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 16,802 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Douglas County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Douglas County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Douglas County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 54 | 91 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 16,802 | 22,578 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.1% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,011 | $14,105 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $69,746 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $69K
- 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
- 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 Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,920+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 50,406
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 50%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 264
- Median household income
- $69,746+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,109
- Median home value
- $309,400
- Jobs located here
- 51,342
- Daytime population
- 115,968Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Douglas County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sedgwick County, KS | 51 | 12 | 0.6 | 90 | +2.6% | #192 of 415 |
| 2Johnson County, KS | 44 | 25 | 1.0 | 63 | +4.2% | #255 of 415 |
| 3Douglas County, KS | 33 | 5 | 1.0 | 54 | +1.8% | #336 of 415 |
Other business types in Douglas 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 estate36
- Real estate agents and brokers41
- Property management25
- Mortgage brokers and lenders65
- Home inspectors33
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Douglas County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 home inspectors in Douglas County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Douglas County, KS spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $706.2M a year, or $14,011 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 46% 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 50,406 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, KS compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Douglas 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 54, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Douglas County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,802 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Douglas County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 120,920 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,406 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $69,746 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.4% 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. Douglas County scores 33 for home inspectors (lower middle), #336 of 415 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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