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Home inspectors in the Auburn, NY area

How the Auburn, NY 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$528.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,766 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
101
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
74,365
−2.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $16,766 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Auburn area spend about $528.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.

The Auburn area has 2 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in the Auburn area, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show the Auburn area declined 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 home inspectors on map listings, the Auburn area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Auburn area compares

The same measures for New York 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.

Home inspectors in Auburn, NY area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureAuburn areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.60.70.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)101111100
Households per official establishmentn/a23,70617,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.7%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,766$19,048$16,661
Median household income$67,904$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored57

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
20 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 the Auburn 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 Auburn area

Population, 2025 estimate
74,365−2.3% since 2020
Households
31,524
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
692 sq. mi.
People per square mile
109
Median household income
$67,904+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,583
Median home value
$171,000
Jobs located here
25,171
Daytime population
65,706Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Auburn area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Auburn, NY area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 home inspectors in the Auburn area. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in the Auburn area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Auburn, NY area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $528.5M a year, or $16,766 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,524 households in the Auburn area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Auburn, NY area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Auburn area has 2 home inspectors 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 Auburn, NY area growing?

Population estimates put the Auburn area at 74,365 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 31,524 households. The median household income in the Auburn area is $67,904 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.3% 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. 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 Auburn area has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in the Auburn 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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