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Home inspectors in Marquette County, MI
How Marquette 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 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $370M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,094 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 141
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 68,064
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 home inspector in Marquette County. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Marquette County comes to about $370M a year: $13,094 per household, 21% 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 Marquette County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Marquette County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 home inspector on map listings, Marquette County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Marquette 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.
| Measure | Marquette County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 141 | 86 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 26,996 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.4% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,094 | $13,996 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $65,429 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 36 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Marquette 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 Marquette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,064+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 28,255
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,809 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $65,429+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,058
- Median home value
- $216,500
- Jobs located here
- 24,514
- Daytime population
- 66,266Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Marquette County marked.
Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washtenaw County, MI | 63 | 7 | 0.5 | 126 | −0.4% | #98 of 415 |
| 2Wayne County, MI | 58 | 24 | 0.3 | 146 | −1.1% | #131 of 415 |
| 3Oakland County, MI | 56 | 34 | 0.6 | 95 | +1.2% | #148 of 415 |
| 4Ottawa County, MI | 56 | 8 | 0.7 | 80 | +3.9% | #152 of 415 |
| 5Macomb County, MI | 52 | 23 | 0.6 | 84 | +0.7% | #183 of 415 |
| 6Livingston County, MI | 45 | 9 | 1.2 | 52 | +1.7% | #250 of 415 |
| 7Kent County, MI | 40 | 23 | 0.9 | 62 | +2.5% | #289 of 415 |
| 8Genesee County, MI | 38 | 12 | 0.7 | 70 | −1.1% | #305 of 415 |
| 9Ingham County, MI | 37 | 7 | 0.6 | 85 | +1.7% | #313 of 415 |
| 10Kalamazoo County, MI | 34 | 11 | 1.0 | 52 | +0.8% | #329 of 415 |
| Marquette County, MI | Not scored | 1 | 0.4 | 141 | +2.3% |
Other business types in Marquette County
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
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Marquette County, MI?
Marquette County has 1 home inspector on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Marquette County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Marquette County, MI spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $370M a year, or $13,094 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, 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 28,255 households in Marquette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marquette County, MI compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Marquette County has 1 home inspector on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending.
How fast is Marquette County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Marquette County at 68,064 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,255 households. Median household income in Marquette County is $65,429, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.2%, 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. Marquette County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Marquette County. It maps the home inspectors on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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