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Home inspectors in Cumberland County, NC
The home inspectors in Cumberland County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #321 of 415 scored counties
#12 of 14 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.8B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,926 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 57
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 338,473
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For home inspectors, Cumberland County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #321 of 415 scored counties and #12 of 14 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 home inspectors in Cumberland County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
At $13,926 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Cumberland County spend about $1.8B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 43% 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.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Cumberland County in 2023. That is one for every 21,626 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cumberland County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Cumberland County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Cumberland County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 57 | 102 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 21,626 | 14,133 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,926 | $15,139 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,291 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $203K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 338,473+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 129,758
- Median age
- 34.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 653 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 519
- Median household income
- $61,291+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,209
- Median home value
- $199,200
- Jobs located here
- 116,297
- Daytime population
- 342,826Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for home inspectors, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Cumberland County marked.
Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham County, NC | 69 | 6 | 0.4 | 145 | +7.7% | #64 of 415 |
| 2Wake County, NC | 59 | 34 | 0.7 | 91 | +11.2% | #129 of 415 |
| 3Mecklenburg County, NC | 58 | 36 | 0.8 | 82 | +10.5% | #134 of 415 |
| 4Guilford County, NC | 57 | 9 | 0.4 | 138 | +4.4% | #135 of 415 |
| 5Union County, NC | 54 | 6 | 0.7 | 93 | +11.7% | #167 of 415 |
| 6Onslow County, NC | 51 | 5 | 0.7 | 82 | +6.0% | #193 of 415 |
| 7Johnston County, NC | 47 | 7 | 0.8 | 72 | +17.9% | #222 of 415 |
| 8Cabarrus County, NC | 46 | 7 | 0.8 | 75 | +9.9% | #231 of 415 |
| 9Brunswick County, NC | 45 | 7 | 1.0 | 57 | +26.5% | #249 of 415 |
| 10New Hanover County, NC | 41 | 9 | 0.9 | 69 | +8.6% | #275 of 415 |
| 12Cumberland County, NC | 36 | 12 | 0.9 | 57 | +0.4% | #321 of 415 |
Other business types in Cumberland 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 estate28
- Real estate agents and brokers30
- Property management27
- Mortgage brokers and lenders34
- Home inspectors36
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Cumberland County, NC?
There are 12 home inspectors on map listings in Cumberland County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Cumberland County, NC spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.8B a year, or $13,926 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 12 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 43% 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 129,758 households in Cumberland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cumberland County, NC compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Cumberland 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 57, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Cumberland County would have about 7, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 21,626 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Cumberland County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Cumberland County at 338,473 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 129,758 households. Median household income in Cumberland County is $61,291, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.8%, 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. Cumberland County scores 36 for home inspectors (lower middle), #321 of 415 scored counties.
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