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Home inspectors in the Mankato, MN metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in the Mankato, MN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$569.4M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,021 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
72
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.7
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
104,907
+1.2% 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 $14,021 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Mankato metro area spend about $569.4M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 28% 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 Mankato metro area has 3 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in the Mankato metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mankato metro area grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 home inspectors on map listings, the Mankato metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Mankato 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.

Home inspectors in Mankato, MN metro area compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureMankato metro areaMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.70.70.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)7288100
Households per official establishmentn/a18,17317,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.8%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,021$15,162$16,661
Median household income$75,808$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored34

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
30 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 Mankato 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 Mankato metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
104,907+1.2% since 2020
Households
40,608
Median age
35.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,196 sq. mi.
People per square mile
87
Median household income
$75,808+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,501
Median home value
$268,100
Jobs located here
53,653
Daytime population
109,635Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across Minnesota

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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 Mankato metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Minnesota

Metro areas in Minnesota ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Rochester, MN5850.5109+2.0%#73 of 243
2Duluth, MN-WI5560.5104+0.2%#92 of 243
Sioux Falls, SD-MN5590.775+9.5%#96 of 243
Fargo, ND-MN51111.054+7.7%#124 of 243
3Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI491020.788+2.6%#130 of 243
4St. Cloud, MN3560.870+3.0%#186 of 243
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN3050.776+0.4%#213 of 243
Mankato, MNNot scored30.772+1.2%

Other business types in the Mankato metro area

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Mankato, MN metro area?

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

How much do households in the Mankato, MN metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $569.4M a year, or $14,021 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 3 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 28% 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 40,608 households in the Mankato metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Mankato, MN metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Mankato metro area has 0.7 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 72, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Mankato metro area would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is the Mankato, MN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Mankato metro area at 104,907 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,608 households. The median household income in the Mankato metro area is $75,808 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.6% 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 Mankato metro area has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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