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Home inspectors in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area
How the Joplin, MO-KS metro area compares with other metro areas 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,875 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 130
- 30% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,796
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Joplin metro area comes to about $1B a year: $12,875 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 30% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
The Joplin metro area has 3 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.4, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Joplin metro area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 19,876 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Joplin metro area grew 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 home inspectors on map listings, the Joplin metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Joplin metro area 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 | Joplin metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 130 | 83 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 19,876 | 20,228 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.1% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,875 | $13,809 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,901 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $621K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 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 the Joplin metro 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 Joplin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,796+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 79,505
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,851 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $61,901
- Average household income
- $80,895
- Median home value
- $165,500
- Jobs located here
- 85,555
- Daytime population
- 203,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kansas City, MO-KS | 49 | 59 | 0.7 | 85 | +3.4% | #131 of 243 |
| 2St. Louis, MO-IL | 46 | 69 | 0.6 | 94 | −0.2% | #145 of 243 |
| 3Springfield, MO | 29 | 18 | 0.9 | 56 | +5.1% | #222 of 243 |
| 4Columbia, MO | 23 | 14 | 1.6 | 33 | +3.9% | #236 of 243 |
| 5St. Joseph, MO-KS | 6 | 5 | 1.1 | 47 | −2.0% | #240 of 243 |
| Joplin, MO-KS | Not scored | 3 | 0.4 | 130 | +3.9% |
Other business types in the Joplin metro area
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 estate53
- Real estate agents and brokers52
- Property management50
- Mortgage brokers and lenders47
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 home inspectors in the Joplin metro area. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1B a year, or $12,875 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 3 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 30% above 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 79,505 households in the Joplin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Joplin, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Joplin metro area has 0.4 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 130, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Joplin metro area would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,876 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Joplin, MO-KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Joplin metro area at 208,796 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 79,505 households. The median household income in the Joplin metro area is $61,901 a year, 23% 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. 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 Joplin metro area has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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