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Home inspectors in Calcasieu Parish, LA
How Calcasieu Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #318 of 415 scored counties
#6 of 8 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,710 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 87
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,466
- −3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Calcasieu Parish scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #318 of 415 scored counties and #6 of 8 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 home inspectors in Calcasieu Parish. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.6 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $14,710 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Calcasieu Parish spend about $1.1B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 13% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Calcasieu Parish: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Calcasieu Parish declined 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Calcasieu Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Calcasieu Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 87 | 104 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 22,845 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.7% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,710 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $67,564 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 41 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- 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 Calcasieu Parish, 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 Calcasieu Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,466−3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 77,957
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,064 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 195
- Median household income
- $67,564+32.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,591
- Median home value
- $217,000
- Jobs located here
- 85,678
- Daytime population
- 213,165Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Tammany Parish, LA | 54 | 8 | 0.8 | 79 | +5.3% | #170 of 415 |
| 2Livingston Parish, LA | 45 | 6 | 1.1 | 51 | +8.5% | #252 of 415 |
| 3Jefferson Parish, LA | 43 | 10 | 0.6 | 98 | −1.9% | #261 of 415 |
| 4Orleans Parish, LA | 43 | 9 | 0.6 | 94 | −5.5% | #262 of 415 |
| 5East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 39 | 13 | 0.7 | 76 | +0.1% | #297 of 415 |
| 6Calcasieu Parish, LA | 36 | 5 | 0.6 | 87 | −3.7% | #318 of 415 |
| 7Lafayette Parish, LA | 36 | 17 | 1.7 | 33 | +6.5% | #323 of 415 |
| 8Terrebonne Parish, LA | 11 | 5 | 1.2 | 45 | −4.8% | #411 of 415 |
Other business types in Calcasieu Parish
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 estate35
- Real estate agents and brokers45
- Property management29
- Mortgage brokers and lenders34
- Home inspectors36
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Calcasieu Parish, LA?
Calcasieu Parish has 5 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Calcasieu Parish: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Calcasieu Parish, LA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.1B a year, or $14,710 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 13% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 77,957 households in Calcasieu Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Calcasieu Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Calcasieu Parish has 0.6 home inspectors per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 87, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Calcasieu Parish would have about 4, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Calcasieu Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Calcasieu Parish at 208,466 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 77,957 households. Median household income in Calcasieu Parish is $67,564, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.1%, 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. Calcasieu Parish scores 36 for home inspectors (lower middle), #318 of 415 scored counties.
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