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Home inspectors in Olmsted County, MN
The home inspectors in Olmsted County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
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
- $1.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,768 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 100
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 166,731
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Olmsted County comes to about $1.1B a year: $15,768 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is in line with the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
Olmsted County has 4 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 0.6 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Olmsted County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Olmsted County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 home inspectors on map listings, Olmsted County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Olmsted County 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 | Olmsted County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 100 | 88 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 18,173 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,768 | $15,162 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $95,406 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 34 |
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
- 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 Olmsted 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 Olmsted County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 166,731+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 66,918
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 654 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 252
- Median household income
- $95,406+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $132,916
- Median home value
- $331,700
- Jobs located here
- 111,121
- Daytime population
- 185,535Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, MN | 63 | 6 | 0.6 | 114 | +6.9% | #99 of 415 |
| 2Anoka County, MN | 63 | 8 | 0.6 | 103 | +4.7% | #101 of 415 |
| 3Dakota County, MN | 59 | 10 | 0.6 | 108 | +3.9% | #126 of 415 |
| 4Hennepin County, MN | 47 | 36 | 0.7 | 91 | +0.2% | #217 of 415 |
| 5Ramsey County, MN | 45 | 15 | 0.7 | 83 | −1.8% | #240 of 415 |
| 6Wright County, MN | 45 | 5 | 0.9 | 66 | +11.1% | #245 of 415 |
| 7Scott County, MN | 44 | 7 | 1.3 | 52 | +5.1% | #259 of 415 |
| 8St. Louis County, MN | 37 | 5 | 0.6 | 90 | +0.2% | #312 of 415 |
| 9Stearns County, MN | 30 | 6 | 1.0 | 55 | +3.6% | #363 of 415 |
| 10Chisago County, MN | 27 | 5 | 2.3 | 25 | +4.3% | #383 of 415 |
| Olmsted County, MN | Not scored | 4 | 0.6 | 100 | +2.3% |
Other business types in Olmsted 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
- Real estate37
- Real estate agents and brokers38
- Property management51
- Mortgage brokers and lenders40
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Olmsted County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 home inspectors in Olmsted County. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Olmsted County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Olmsted County, MN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.1B a year, or $15,768 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is in line with 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 66,918 households in Olmsted County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Olmsted County, MN compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Olmsted County has 0.6 home inspectors per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 100, where 100 is the U.S. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending.
How fast is Olmsted County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Olmsted County at 166,731 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 66,918 households. The median household income in Olmsted County is $95,406 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.0% 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. Olmsted County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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