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Home inspectors in the Lake Charles, LA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in the Lake Charles, LA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #165 of 243 scored metro areas
#4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,592 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 102
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 244,655
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $14,592 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Lake Charles metro area spend about $1.3B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 2% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
The Lake Charles metro area has 5 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.5, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in the Lake Charles metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lake Charles metro area declined 3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in the Lake Charles metro area is 41 (lower middle), #165 of 243 scored metro areas and #4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Louisiana.
How the Lake Charles metro area 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 | Lake Charles metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 102 | 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 | −3.8% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,592 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $66,700 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 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
- 5The 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 Lake Charles 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 Lake Charles metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 244,655−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 92,043
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,006 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $66,700
- Average household income
- $91,252
- Median home value
- $207,800
- Jobs located here
- 97,089
- Daytime population
- 245,958Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Lake Charles metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 51 | 8 | 0.8 | 79 | +5.3% | #122 of 243 |
| 2Baton Rouge, LA | 48 | 23 | 0.7 | 82 | +2.1% | #137 of 243 |
| 3New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 46 | 21 | 0.5 | 105 | −3.4% | #142 of 243 |
| 4Lake Charles, LA | 41 | 5 | 0.5 | 102 | −3.8% | #165 of 243 |
| 5Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 40 | 5 | 0.6 | 86 | −3.5% | #168 of 243 |
| 6Lafayette, LA | 35 | 19 | 1.2 | 47 | +3.8% | #188 of 243 |
Other business types in the Lake Charles 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 estate48
- Real estate agents and brokers53
- Property management33
- Mortgage brokers and lenders36
- Home inspectors41
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Lake Charles, LA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 home inspectors in the Lake Charles metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in the Lake Charles metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Lake Charles, LA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.3B a year, or $14,592 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 2% above 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 92,043 households in the Lake Charles metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lake Charles, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Lake Charles metro area has 0.5 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 102, where 100 is the U.S. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending.
How fast is the Lake Charles, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lake Charles metro area at 244,655 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 92,043 households. The median household income in the Lake Charles metro area is $66,700 a year, 17% 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 Lake Charles metro area scores 41 for home inspectors (lower middle), #165 of 243 scored metro areas.
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