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Home inspectors in the Traverse City, MI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in the Traverse City, MI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #207 of 243 scored metro areas
#6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $941.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,390 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 36
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 156,972
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Traverse City metro area scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #207 of 243 scored metro areas and #6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Traverse City metro area spend about $941.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,390 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 64% 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 Traverse City metro area has 10 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 1.5, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Traverse City metro area classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 21,810 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Traverse City metro area grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Traverse City metro 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.
| Measure | Traverse City metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 36 | 86 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 21,810 | 26,996 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.4% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,390 | $13,996 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $80,889 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $662K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 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 Traverse City 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 Traverse City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 156,972+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 65,429
- Median age
- 46.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,691 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $80,889+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,351
- Median home value
- $324,300
- Jobs located here
- 61,451
- Daytime population
- 155,130Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Traverse City metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ann Arbor, MI | 65 | 7 | 0.5 | 126 | −0.4% | #41 of 243 |
| 2Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 54 | 102 | 0.6 | 95 | +0.1% | #105 of 243 |
| 3Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 53 | 12 | 0.6 | 85 | +1.4% | #110 of 243 |
| 4Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 42 | 34 | 0.8 | 72 | +2.8% | #164 of 243 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 38 | 11 | 0.9 | 60 | +0.1% | #177 of 243 |
| 5Flint, MI | 34 | 12 | 0.7 | 70 | −1.1% | #189 of 243 |
| 6Traverse City, MI | 32 | 10 | 1.5 | 36 | +2.2% | #207 of 243 |
| 7Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 31 | 11 | 1.0 | 52 | +0.8% | #209 of 243 |
| 8Bay City, MI | 5 | 5 | 1.1 | 44 | −1.6% | #242 of 243 |
Other business types in the Traverse City 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 estate25
- Real estate agents and brokers24
- Property management35
- Mortgage brokers and lenders51
- Home inspectors32
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Traverse City, MI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 home inspectors in the Traverse City metro 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 Traverse City, MI metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $941.5M a year, or $14,390 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 10 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 64% 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 65,429 households in the Traverse City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Traverse City, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Traverse City metro area has 1.5 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 36, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Traverse City metro area would have about 4, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 21,810 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Traverse City, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Traverse City metro area at 156,972 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,429 households. The median household income in the Traverse City metro area is $80,889 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.6% 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. The Traverse City metro area scores 32 for home inspectors (lower middle), #207 of 243 scored metro areas.
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