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Home inspectors in Calhoun County, MI

How Calhoun County, MI compares with other counties 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 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$699.7M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,119 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
67
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
133,408
−0.6% 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 $13,119 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Calhoun County spend about $699.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 33% 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.

Calhoun County has 4 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Calhoun County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $80K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Calhoun County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Calhoun County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 home inspectors on map listings, Calhoun County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Calhoun County 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 Calhoun County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureCalhoun CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)6786100
Households per official establishmentn/a26,99617,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.4%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,119$13,996$16,661
Median household income$63,177$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored36

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
40 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
1
Amount
$80K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Calhoun County, 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 Calhoun County

Population, 2025 estimate
133,408−0.6% since 2020
Households
53,333
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
706 sq. mi.
People per square mile
189
Median household income
$63,177+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,388
Median home value
$162,800
Jobs located here
51,778
Daytime population
134,519Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Washtenaw County, MI6370.5126−0.4%#98 of 415
2Wayne County, MI58240.3146−1.1%#131 of 415
3Oakland County, MI56340.695+1.2%#148 of 415
4Ottawa County, MI5680.780+3.9%#152 of 415
5Macomb County, MI52230.684+0.7%#183 of 415
6Livingston County, MI4591.252+1.7%#250 of 415
7Kent County, MI40230.962+2.5%#289 of 415
8Genesee County, MI38120.770−1.1%#305 of 415
9Ingham County, MI3770.685+1.7%#313 of 415
10Kalamazoo County, MI34111.052+0.8%#329 of 415
Calhoun County, MINot scored40.867−0.6%

Other business types in Calhoun County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home inspectors are in Calhoun County, MI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 home inspectors in Calhoun County. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Calhoun County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Calhoun County, MI spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $699.7M a year, or $13,119 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 33% 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 53,333 households in Calhoun County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Calhoun County, MI compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Calhoun County has 0.8 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 67, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Calhoun County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Calhoun County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Calhoun County at 133,408 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 53,333 households. The median household income in Calhoun County is $63,177 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.0% 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. 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. Calhoun County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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