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Home inspectors in Jackson County, MO
How Jackson County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #204 of 415 scored counties
#2 of 8 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,622 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 94
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 732,994
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,622 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Jackson County spend about $4.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 6% 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.
Jackson County has 17 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.6, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Jackson County in 2023. That is one for every 19,175 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jackson County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Jackson County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #204 of 415 scored counties and #2 of 8 scored counties in Missouri.
How Jackson County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Jackson County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 94 | 83 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 19,175 | 20,228 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.1% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,622 | $13,809 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $68,577 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 40
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 732,994+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 306,798
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 605 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,191
- Median household income
- $68,577+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,212
- Median home value
- $230,500
- Jobs located here
- 400,567
- Daytime population
- 769,958Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Jackson County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, MO | 52 | 5 | 0.6 | 96 | +2.7% | #181 of 415 |
| 2Jackson County, MO | 49 | 17 | 0.6 | 94 | +2.1% | #204 of 415 |
| 3St. Louis County, MO | 45 | 28 | 0.7 | 85 | −1.2% | #239 of 415 |
| 4St. Charles County, MO | 40 | 15 | 0.9 | 66 | +4.9% | #287 of 415 |
| 5Clay County, MO | 36 | 9 | 0.9 | 64 | +4.3% | #320 of 415 |
| 6Greene County, MO | 32 | 15 | 1.1 | 43 | +3.3% | #348 of 415 |
| 7Boone County, MO | 25 | 13 | 1.7 | 31 | +4.2% | #391 of 415 |
| 8Taney County, MO | 9 | 8 | 3.5 | 14 | +1.7% | #412 of 415 |
Other business types in Jackson 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 estate27
- Real estate agents and brokers30
- Property management26
- Mortgage brokers and lenders28
- Home inspectors49
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Jackson County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 home inspectors in Jackson County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Jackson County, MO spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4.2B a year, or $13,622 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 17 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 6% 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 306,798 households in Jackson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jackson County, MO compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Jackson 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 94, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Jackson County would have about 16, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,175 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Jackson County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Jackson County at 732,994 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 306,798 households. The median household income in Jackson County is $68,577 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Jackson County scores 49 for home inspectors (lower middle), #204 of 415 scored counties.
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