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Home inspectors in the Wichita, KS metro area
The home inspectors in the Wichita, KS metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #119 of 243 scored metro areas
#1 of 2 scored metro areas based in Kansas
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,709 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 102
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 663,809
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Wichita metro area comes to about $3.5B a year: $13,709 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 2% 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.
There are 13 home inspectors on map listings in the Wichita metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.5, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in the Wichita metro area classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 21,231 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Wichita metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Wichita metro area grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home inspectors, the Wichita metro area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #119 of 243 scored metro areas and #1 of 2 scored metro areas based in Kansas.
How the Wichita metro area 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 | Wichita metro area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 102 | 91 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 21,231 | 22,578 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.1% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,709 | $14,105 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $70,655 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 198
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Wichita 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 Wichita metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 663,809+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 254,776
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,148 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 157
- Median household income
- $70,655+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,221
- Median home value
- $201,200
- Jobs located here
- 300,232
- Daytime population
- 657,026Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kansas for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Kansas (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Wichita metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wichita, KS | 51 | 13 | 0.5 | 102 | +2.4% | #119 of 243 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 49 | 59 | 0.7 | 85 | +3.4% | #131 of 243 |
| 2Lawrence, KS | 28 | 5 | 1.0 | 54 | +1.8% | #225 of 243 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 6 | 5 | 1.1 | 47 | −2.0% | #240 of 243 |
Other business types in the Wichita 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 estate32
- Real estate agents and brokers32
- Property management29
- Mortgage brokers and lenders37
- Home inspectors51
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Wichita, KS metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 home inspectors in the Wichita metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Wichita, KS metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $3.5B a year, or $13,709 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 13 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 2% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 254,776 households in the Wichita metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wichita, KS metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Wichita metro area 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 102, 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 21,231 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Wichita, KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wichita metro area at 663,809 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 254,776 households. The median household income in the Wichita metro area is $70,655 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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. The Wichita metro area scores 51 for home inspectors (upper middle), #119 of 243 scored metro areas.
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