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Home inspectors in Knox County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Knox County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $135.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $11,590 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 29,532
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $11,590 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in Knox County spend about $135.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no home inspectors in Knox County. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Knox County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Knox County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Knox County declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no home inspectors on map listings, Knox County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Knox County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Knox County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | n/a | 98 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 29,745 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $11,590 | $14,283 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $32,527 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 54 |
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
- 0
- 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 Knox 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 Knox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,532−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 11,711
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 386 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $32,527+7.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $50,707
- Median home value
- $118,700
- Jobs located here
- 8,810
- Daytime population
- 28,691Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boone County, KY | 54 | 5 | 1.0 | 65 | +6.5% | #174 of 415 |
| 2Jefferson County, KY | 45 | 28 | 0.8 | 67 | +1.6% | #244 of 415 |
| 3Fayette County, KY | 38 | 13 | 0.9 | 62 | +2.2% | #307 of 415 |
| 4Madison County, KY | 31 | 5 | 1.3 | 40 | +9.4% | #359 of 415 |
| 5Hardin County, KY | 25 | 5 | 1.1 | 50 | +2.4% | #389 of 415 |
| Knox County, KY | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −2.2% |
Other business types in Knox 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 Knox County, KY?
There are no home inspectors on map listings in Knox County as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Knox County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Knox County, KY spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $135.7M a year, or $11,590 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 11,711 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, KY compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Knox County has no home inspectors on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Knox County would have about 1, against none on map listings.
How fast is Knox County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Knox County at 29,532 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,711 households. The median household income in Knox County is $32,527 a year, 60% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 7.8% 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. Knox County has no market score for home inspectors, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Knox County. It maps the home inspectors on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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