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Home inspectors in Otter Tail County, MN
The home inspectors in Otter Tail 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 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $345.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,747 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 132
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 61,041
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 home inspector in Otter Tail County. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Otter Tail County comes to about $345.8M a year: $13,747 per household, 17% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Otter Tail County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 8,386 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Otter Tail County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 home inspector on map listings, Otter Tail County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Otter Tail 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 | Otter Tail County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 132 | 88 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 8,386 | 18,173 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.8% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,747 | $15,162 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $72,255 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $294K
- 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 Otter Tail 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 Otter Tail County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,041+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 25,157
- Median age
- 45.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,972 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $72,255+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,523
- Median home value
- $273,000
- Jobs located here
- 23,068
- Daytime population
- 55,886Residents 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 |
| Otter Tail County, MN | Not scored | 1 | 0.4 | 132 | +1.6% |
Other business types in Otter Tail 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 Otter Tail County, MN?
There is 1 home inspector on map listings in Otter Tail County as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Otter Tail County, MN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $345.8M a year, or $13,747 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, 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 25,157 households in Otter Tail County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Otter Tail County, MN compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Otter Tail 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. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,386 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Otter Tail County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Otter Tail County at 61,041 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,157 households. Median household income in Otter Tail County is $72,255, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.1%, 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. Otter Tail 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?
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