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Home inspectors in the Adrian, MI area

The home inspectors in the Adrian, MI area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Too few small-town markets have 5 or more listings to score them against each other.

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$524.6M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,496 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
40
60% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.3
2.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
97,779
−1.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $13,496 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in the Adrian area spend about $524.6M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 60% 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.

The Adrian 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 1.3, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 0.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Adrian area classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 12,957 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Adrian area declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Too few small-town markets have 5 or more home inspectors on map listings to score them against each other.

How the Adrian area compares

The same measures for Michigan 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.

Home inspectors in Adrian, MI area compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureAdrian areaMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.30.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)4086100
Households per official establishment12,95726,99617,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.4%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.6%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,496$13,996$16,661
Median household income$70,518$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored36

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$78K
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
2The 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 Adrian 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 Adrian area

Population, 2025 estimate
97,779−1.6% since 2020
Households
38,871
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
750 sq. mi.
People per square mile
131
Median household income
$70,518+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,684
Median home value
$196,800
Jobs located here
24,864
Daytime population
85,633Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Adrian area

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Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Adrian, MI area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 home inspectors in the Adrian area. None of them are chain locations. 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 Adrian, MI area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $524.6M a year, or $13,496 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 60% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 38,871 households in the Adrian area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Adrian, MI area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Adrian area has 1.3 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 40, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Adrian area would have about 2, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,957 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is the Adrian, MI area growing?

Population estimates put the Adrian area at 97,779 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 38,871 households. The median household income in the Adrian area is $70,518 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. Too few small-town markets have 5 or more home inspectors on map listings to score them against each other.

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