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Home inspectors in Rapides Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Rapides Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $675.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,790 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 129
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 home inspectors in Rapides Parish. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Rapides Parish comes to about $675.1M a year: $13,790 per household, 17% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Rapides Parish: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rapides Parish declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 home inspectors on map listings, Rapides Parish isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Rapides 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 129 | 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 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,790 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 20 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 Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents 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 Rapides 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 |
| Rapides Parish, LA | Not scored | 2 | 0.4 | 129 | −2.9% |
Other business types in Rapides 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 estate31
- Real estate agents and brokers37
- Property management34
- Mortgage brokers and lenders41
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Rapides Parish, LA?
There are 2 home inspectors on map listings in Rapides Parish as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Rapides Parish: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $675.1M a year, or $13,790 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Rapides Parish has 2 home inspectors on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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