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Home inspectors in Forrest County, MS
How Forrest County, MS compares with other counties 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
- $406.6M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,496 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 155
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 79,034
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 home inspector in Forrest County. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households.
Households in Forrest County spend about $406.6M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,496 per household, 19% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Forrest County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Forrest County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 home inspector on map listings, Forrest County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Forrest County 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 | Forrest County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 155 | 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 | +1.1% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,496 | $13,696 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $53,640 | $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
- 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 Forrest 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 Forrest County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 79,034+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 30,127
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 466 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $53,640+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,383
- Median home value
- $168,000
- Jobs located here
- 39,538
- Daytime population
- 89,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Forrest County?
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Forrest County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harrison County, MS | 31 | 8 | 1.0 | 55 | +4.0% | #354 of 415 |
| 2Jackson County, MS | 29 | 6 | 1.0 | 53 | +3.0% | #369 of 415 |
| Forrest County, MS | Not scored | 1 | 0.3 | 155 | +1.1% |
Other business types in Forrest 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 estate39
- Real estate agents and brokers48
- Property management28
- Mortgage brokers and lenders52
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Forrest County, MS?
Forrest County 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 Forrest County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Forrest County, MS spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $406.6M a year, or $13,496 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, 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 30,127 households in Forrest County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Forrest County, MS compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Forrest County has 1 home inspector on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Forrest County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Forrest County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Forrest County at 79,034 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,127 households. Median household income in Forrest County is $53,640, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.6%, 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. Forrest 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Forrest County. 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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