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Home inspectors in Mercer County, KY

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Mercer 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
$129.3M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,086 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
23,733
+4.8% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Mercer County comes to about $129.3M a year: $14,086 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. 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 Mercer County. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Mercer County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

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

Population estimates show Mercer County grew 4.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no home inspectors on map listings, Mercer County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Mercer 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.

Home inspectors in Mercer County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureMercer CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.00.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)n/a98100
Households per official establishmentn/a29,74517,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.3%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.8%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,086$14,283$16,661
Median household income$64,824$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

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 Mercer 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 Mercer County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,733+4.8% since 2020
Households
9,181
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
249 sq. mi.
People per square mile
92
Median household income
$64,824+17.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,091
Median home value
$202,300
Jobs located here
6,702
Daytime population
19,848Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Boone County, KY5451.065+6.5%#174 of 415
2Jefferson County, KY45280.867+1.6%#244 of 415
3Fayette County, KY38130.962+2.2%#307 of 415
4Madison County, KY3151.340+9.4%#359 of 415
5Hardin County, KY2551.150+2.4%#389 of 415
Mercer County, KYNot scored00.0n/a+4.8%

Other business types in Mercer County

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in Mercer County, KY?

There are no home inspectors on map listings in Mercer County as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Mercer County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Mercer County, KY spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $129.3M a year, or $14,086 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, 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 9,181 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mercer County, KY compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Mercer County has no home inspectors on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Mercer County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Mercer County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Mercer County at 23,733 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,181 households. The median household income in Mercer County is $64,824 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.7% 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. Mercer County has no market score for home inspectors, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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