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Home inspectors in Lafayette Parish, LA
How Lafayette 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 #323 of 415 scored counties
#7 of 8 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,706 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 33
- 67% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 257,949
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in Lafayette Parish is 36 (lower middle), #323 of 415 scored counties and #7 of 8 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 home inspectors in Lafayette Parish. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 1.7 per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $14,706 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Lafayette Parish spend about $1.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 67% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Lafayette Parish classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 16,817 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Population estimates show Lafayette Parish grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lafayette 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 | Lafayette Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 33 | 104 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 16,817 | 22,845 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,706 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $67,451 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 257,949+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 100,903
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 922
- Median household income
- $67,451+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,745
- Median home value
- $242,900
- Jobs located here
- 135,780
- Daytime population
- 279,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Lafayette Parish marked.
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 Lafayette 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 estate33
- Real estate agents and brokers38
- Property management51
- Mortgage brokers and lenders29
- Home inspectors36
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Lafayette Parish, LA?
Lafayette Parish has 17 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Lafayette Parish, LA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.5B a year, or $14,706 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 17 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 67% 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 100,903 households in Lafayette Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Lafayette Parish has 1.7 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 33, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Lafayette Parish would have about 6, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,817 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Lafayette Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette Parish at 257,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 100,903 households. Median household income in Lafayette Parish is $67,451, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Lafayette Parish scores 36 for home inspectors (lower middle), #323 of 415 scored counties.
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