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Home inspectors in the Owensboro, KY metro area
The home inspectors in the Owensboro, KY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $650.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,376 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 62
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 113,962
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $14,376 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Owensboro metro area spend about $650.9M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 38% 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 the Owensboro metro area as of September 2026. That comes to 0.9 for every 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Owensboro metro area in 2023. That is one for every 15,093 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Owensboro metro area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 home inspectors on map listings, the Owensboro metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Owensboro metro area 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 | Owensboro metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 62 | 98 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 15,093 | 29,745 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,376 | $14,283 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $68,002 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $181K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 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 the Owensboro 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 Owensboro metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 113,962+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 45,280
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $68,002
- Average household income
- $89,111
- Median home value
- $195,400
- Jobs located here
- 48,709
- Daytime population
- 113,540Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 55 | 11 | 0.9 | 62 | +8.5% | #100 of 243 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 54 | 6 | 0.4 | 133 | −2.6% | #102 of 243 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 52 | 67 | 0.7 | 76 | +2.7% | #117 of 243 |
| 1Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 46 | 41 | 0.7 | 77 | +2.9% | #147 of 243 |
| 2Lexington-Fayette, KY | 46 | 17 | 0.8 | 73 | +3.4% | #148 of 243 |
| 3Elizabethtown, KY | 29 | 5 | 1.0 | 56 | +2.4% | #221 of 243 |
| Owensboro, KY | Not scored | 4 | 0.9 | 62 | +1.3% |
Other business types in the Owensboro 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 estate47
- Real estate agents and brokers51
- Property management42
- Mortgage brokers and lenders37
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Owensboro, KY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 home inspectors in the Owensboro metro area. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Owensboro, KY metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $650.9M a year, or $14,376 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 38% 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 45,280 households in the Owensboro metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Owensboro, KY metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Owensboro metro area has 0.9 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 62, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Owensboro metro area would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,093 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Owensboro, KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Owensboro metro area at 113,962 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,280 households. The median household income in the Owensboro metro area is $68,002 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Owensboro metro area has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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