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Home inspectors in Shawnee County, KS

The home inspectors in Shawnee County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,495 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
97
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.5
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
178,607
0.0% 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

Households in Shawnee County spend about $1B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,495 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 3% 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.

There are 4 home inspectors on map listings in Shawnee County as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.5, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Shawnee County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 15,092 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shawnee County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 home inspectors on map listings, Shawnee County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Shawnee 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.

Home inspectors in Shawnee County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureShawnee CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.50.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)9791100
Households per official establishment15,09222,57817,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.1%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,495$14,105$16,661
Median household income$67,104$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored36

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 5
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$235K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Shawnee 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 Shawnee County

Population, 2025 estimate
178,6070.0% since 2020
Households
75,458
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
544 sq. mi.
People per square mile
327
Median household income
$67,104+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,163
Median home value
$180,900
Jobs located here
103,349
Daytime population
200,016Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across Kansas

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

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Sedgwick County, KS51120.690+2.6%#192 of 415
2Johnson County, KS44251.063+4.2%#255 of 415
3Douglas County, KS3351.054+1.8%#336 of 415
Shawnee County, KSNot scored40.5970.0%

Other business types in Shawnee County

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in Shawnee County, KS?

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 home inspectors in Shawnee County. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in Shawnee County, KS spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1B a year, or $13,495 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 3% 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 75,458 households in Shawnee County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Shawnee County, KS compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Shawnee County has 0.5 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 97, where 100 is the U.S. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,092 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is Shawnee County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Shawnee County at 178,607 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 75,458 households. The median household income in Shawnee County is $67,104 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.2% 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. Shawnee 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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