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Home inspectors in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area
The home inspectors in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #92 of 243 scored metro areas
#2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,673 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 104
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 281,219
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Duluth metro area comes to about $1.6B a year: $13,673 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 4% above 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 Duluth metro area has 6 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Duluth metro area classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 40,122 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Duluth metro area grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Duluth metro area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #92 of 243 scored metro areas and #2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Minnesota.
How the Duluth metro area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Duluth metro area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 104 | 88 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 40,122 | 18,173 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,673 | $15,162 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $71,769 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $92K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Duluth 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 Duluth metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 281,219+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 120,365
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,414 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $71,769
- Average household income
- $93,302
- Median home value
- $222,400
- Jobs located here
- 128,505
- Daytime population
- 284,674Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Minnesota for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Duluth metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rochester, MN | 58 | 5 | 0.5 | 109 | +2.0% | #73 of 243 |
| 2Duluth, MN-WI | 55 | 6 | 0.5 | 104 | +0.2% | #92 of 243 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 55 | 9 | 0.7 | 75 | +9.5% | #96 of 243 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 51 | 11 | 1.0 | 54 | +7.7% | #124 of 243 |
| 3Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 49 | 102 | 0.7 | 88 | +2.6% | #130 of 243 |
| 4St. Cloud, MN | 35 | 6 | 0.8 | 70 | +3.0% | #186 of 243 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 30 | 5 | 0.7 | 76 | +0.4% | #213 of 243 |
Other business types in the Duluth 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 estate51
- Real estate agents and brokers48
- Property management43
- Mortgage brokers and lenders59
- Home inspectors55
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 home inspectors in the Duluth 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 Duluth, MN-WI metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.6B a year, or $13,673 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 4% above 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 120,365 households in the Duluth metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Duluth, MN-WI metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Duluth metro area has 0.5 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 104, where 100 is the U.S. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 40,122 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Duluth, MN-WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Duluth metro area at 281,219 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 120,365 households. The median household income in the Duluth metro area is $71,769 a year, 11% below 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 Duluth metro area scores 55 for home inspectors (upper middle), #92 of 243 scored metro areas.
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