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Home inspectors in the Columbus, MS area
How the Columbus, MS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $355M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,173 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 135
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 67,144
- −2.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 home inspector in the Columbus area. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.
At $13,173 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in the Columbus area spend about $355M a year on rent and homeowner costs. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money home inspectors take in.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Columbus area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $47K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Columbus area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Columbus area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 home inspector on map listings, the Columbus area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Columbus area compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Columbus area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 135 | 127 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 54,544 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.7% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,173 | $13,696 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $51,117 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 55 |
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
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $47K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Columbus 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 Columbus area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,144−2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 26,952
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,201 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $51,117
- Average household income
- $70,782
- Median home value
- $150,900
- Jobs located here
- 26,423
- Daytime population
- 68,077Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in the Columbus area?
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Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Columbus, MS area?
The Columbus area has 1 home inspector on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in the Columbus area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Columbus, MS area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $355M a year, or $13,173 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, 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 26,952 households in the Columbus area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Columbus, MS area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Columbus area 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.
How fast is the Columbus, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Columbus area at 67,144 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,952 households. Median household income in the Columbus area is $51,117, 37% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Columbus area 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in the Columbus area. It maps the home inspectors on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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