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Home inspectors in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area
How the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,798 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 222
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 164,065
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area spend about $1.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $18,798 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
There are 2 home inspectors on map listings in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area as of September 2026. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area in 2023. That is one for every 20,705 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 home inspectors on map listings, the Amherst Town-Northampton 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 Amherst Town-Northampton metro area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Amherst Town-Northampton metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 222 | 185 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 20,705 | 23,804 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,798 | $20,433 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $87,001 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $224K
- 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
- 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 the Amherst Town-Northampton 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 Amherst Town-Northampton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 164,065+10.4% since 2020
- Households
- 62,114
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 527 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 307
- Median household income
- $87,001
- Average household income
- $117,338
- Median home value
- $390,300
- Jobs located here
- 70,980
- Daytime population
- 165,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 82 | 94 | 0.5 | 168 | +2.3% | #3 of 243 |
| 2Worcester, MA | 78 | 14 | 0.4 | 179 | +3.7% | #9 of 243 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 66 | 22 | 0.3 | 219 | +2.1% | #38 of 243 |
| 3Barnstable Town, MA | 53 | 8 | 0.8 | 100 | +2.4% | #109 of 243 |
| Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | Not scored | 2 | 0.3 | 222 | +10.4% |
Other business types in the Amherst Town-Northampton 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 estate90
- Real estate agents and brokers91
- Property management72
- Mortgage brokers and lenders90
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 home inspectors in the Amherst Town-Northampton 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 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.2B a year, or $18,798 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 62,114 households in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Amherst Town-Northampton metro area has 2 home inspectors on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area would have about 4, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,705 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area at 164,065 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 62,114 households. The median household income in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area is $87,001 a year, 8% above 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 Amherst Town-Northampton metro area has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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