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Home inspectors in Onondaga County, NY
How Onondaga County, NY 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 #206 of 415 scored counties
#13 of 25 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,829 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 79
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 466,584
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 home inspectors in Onondaga County. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $17,829 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in Onondaga County spend about $3.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 21% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Onondaga County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 17,978 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Onondaga County declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For home inspectors, Onondaga County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #206 of 415 scored counties and #13 of 25 scored counties in New York.
How Onondaga County 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.
| Measure | Onondaga County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 79 | 111 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 17,978 | 23,706 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.7% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,829 | $19,048 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $76,945 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $948K
- 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
- 13The 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 Onondaga 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 Onondaga County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 466,584−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 197,760
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 778 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 605
- Median household income
- $76,945+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,088
- Median home value
- $200,200
- Jobs located here
- 255,873
- Daytime population
- 512,646Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New York County, NY | 80 | 12 | 0.2 | 518 | −1.3% | #11 of 415 |
| 2Queens County, NY | 75 | 23 | 0.3 | 261 | −1.1% | #28 of 415 |
| 3Kings County, NY | 73 | 32 | 0.3 | 225 | −2.5% | #39 of 415 |
| 4Albany County, NY | 63 | 13 | 1.0 | 73 | +2.2% | #106 of 415 |
| 5Monroe County, NY | 60 | 20 | 0.6 | 108 | −1.0% | #119 of 415 |
| 6Richmond County, NY | 60 | 15 | 0.9 | 86 | +1.3% | #121 of 415 |
| 7Erie County, NY | 57 | 34 | 0.8 | 80 | −0.6% | #140 of 415 |
| 8Bronx County, NY | 56 | 7 | 0.1 | 445 | −3.8% | #145 of 415 |
| 9Saratoga County, NY | 56 | 11 | 1.1 | 70 | +2.3% | #154 of 415 |
| 10Westchester County, NY | 54 | 41 | 1.1 | 76 | +1.4% | #173 of 415 |
| 13Onondaga County, NY | 49 | 17 | 0.9 | 79 | −1.9% | #206 of 415 |
Other business types in Onondaga 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 estate48
- Real estate agents and brokers53
- Property management54
- Mortgage brokers and lenders71
- Home inspectors49
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Onondaga County, NY?
There are 17 home inspectors on map listings in Onondaga County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Onondaga County, NY spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $3.5B a year, or $17,829 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 17 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 21% 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 197,760 households in Onondaga County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Onondaga County, NY compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Onondaga County has 0.9 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 79, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Onondaga County would have about 13, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,978 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Onondaga County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Onondaga County at 466,584 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 197,760 households. Median household income in Onondaga County is $76,945, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Onondaga County scores 49 for home inspectors (lower middle), #206 of 415 scored counties.
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