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Home inspectors in Hunterdon County, NJ
How Hunterdon County, NJ 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #284 of 415 scored counties
#17 of 17 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $23,084 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 37
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,781
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $23,084 per household (39% above the U.S. average), households in Hunterdon County spend about $1.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 63% 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.
There are 12 home inspectors on map listings in Hunterdon County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 4 times the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Hunterdon County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Hunterdon County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hunterdon County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #284 of 415 scored counties and #17 of 17 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Hunterdon County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Hunterdon County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 37 | 113 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 22,630 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $23,084 | $20,430 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $141,715 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 71 |
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
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,781+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 50,860
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 428 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 304
- Median household income
- $141,715+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $185,175
- Median home value
- $517,200
- Jobs located here
- 48,352
- Daytime population
- 111,173Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, NJ | 85 | 10 | 0.5 | 160 | +5.0% | #2 of 415 |
| 2Hudson County, NJ | 83 | 9 | 0.3 | 251 | +1.8% | #3 of 415 |
| 3Morris County, NJ | 81 | 14 | 0.7 | 121 | +3.2% | #10 of 415 |
| 4Mercer County, NJ | 79 | 8 | 0.6 | 139 | +3.3% | #14 of 415 |
| 5Essex County, NJ | 79 | 20 | 0.6 | 116 | +4.2% | #15 of 415 |
| 6Camden County, NJ | 78 | 6 | 0.3 | 242 | +2.4% | #16 of 415 |
| 7Middlesex County, NJ | 76 | 22 | 0.7 | 111 | +2.6% | #26 of 415 |
| 8Gloucester County, NJ | 71 | 8 | 0.7 | 108 | +3.3% | #51 of 415 |
| 9Passaic County, NJ | 68 | 15 | 0.8 | 86 | +1.6% | #73 of 415 |
| 10Atlantic County, NJ | 67 | 6 | 0.5 | 125 | +1.6% | #75 of 415 |
| 17Hunterdon County, NJ | 41 | 12 | 2.4 | 37 | +2.3% | #284 of 415 |
Other business types in Hunterdon 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 estate62
- Real estate agents and brokers71
- Property management71
- Mortgage brokers and lenders86
- Home inspectors41
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Hunterdon County, NJ?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 home inspectors in Hunterdon County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Hunterdon County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hunterdon County, NJ spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.2B a year, or $23,084 per household. That is 39% above the U.S. average (an index of 139, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 12 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 63% 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 50,860 households in Hunterdon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hunterdon County, NJ compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Hunterdon County has 2.4 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 4 times the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 37, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Hunterdon County would have about 5, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Hunterdon County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Hunterdon County at 131,781 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,860 households. The median household income in Hunterdon County is $141,715 a year, 76% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.8% 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. Hunterdon County scores 41 for home inspectors (lower middle), #284 of 415 scored counties.
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