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Home inspectors in the Binghamton, NY metro area

How the Binghamton, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #196 of 243 scored metro areas
#10 of 10 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
10
1 chain location (10%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.7B
On rent and homeowner costs · $16,711 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
65
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.0
67% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
243,189
−1.3% 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

For home inspectors, the Binghamton metro area has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #196 of 243 scored metro areas and #10 of 10 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 home inspectors in the Binghamton metro area. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Households in the Binghamton metro area spend about $1.7B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $16,711 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 35% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Binghamton metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Binghamton metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Binghamton metro area declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Binghamton metro 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 Binghamton, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureBinghamton metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.00.70.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)65111100
Households per official establishmentn/a23,70617,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.7%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$16,711$19,048$16,661
Median household income$64,590$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score3357

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
101 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$20K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Binghamton 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 Binghamton metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
243,189−1.3% since 2020
Households
102,352
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
1,224 sq. mi.
People per square mile
200
Median household income
$64,590+19.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,420
Median home value
$156,000
Jobs located here
94,944
Daytime population
240,172Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across New York

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for home inspectors, numbered among those based in New York, with the Binghamton metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ714440.6128+0.6%#26 of 243
2Rochester, NY65260.6116−0.7%#42 of 243
3Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY59380.888−0.8%#70 of 243
4Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY57411.167+1.9%#81 of 243
5Utica-Rome, NY54100.878−2.0%#107 of 243
6Syracuse, NY49250.973−1.3%#133 of 243
7Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY41341.356+3.0%#167 of 243
8Glens Falls, NY3950.973−1.9%#171 of 243
9Kingston, NY3781.166+1.1%#180 of 243
10Binghamton, NY33101.065−1.3%#196 of 243

Other business types in the Binghamton metro area

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Binghamton, NY metro area?

The Binghamton metro area has 10 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in the Binghamton metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $1.7B a year, or $16,711 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 10 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 35% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 102,352 households in the Binghamton metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Binghamton metro area has 1.0 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 65, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Binghamton metro area would have about 7, against 10 on map listings.

How fast is the Binghamton, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Binghamton metro area at 243,189 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 102,352 households. Median household income in the Binghamton metro area is $64,590, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.0%, 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. The Binghamton metro area scores 33 for home inspectors (lower middle), #196 of 243 scored metro areas.

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