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Home inspectors in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area
The home inspectors in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,032 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 200
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 376,890
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 home inspectors in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area. That comes to 0.3 for every 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Households in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area spend about $2.1B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $14,032 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is twice 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 the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 18,697 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 home inspectors on map listings, the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area 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 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 200 | 102 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 18,697 | 14,133 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,032 | $15,139 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $62,787 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $336K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton 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 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 376,890+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 149,578
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,640 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 225
- Median household income
- $62,787+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,592
- Median home value
- $215,600
- Jobs located here
- 158,748
- Daytime population
- 362,333Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for home inspectors, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 79 | 6 | 0.2 | 257 | +7.5% | #6 of 243 |
| 2Winston-Salem, NC | 71 | 11 | 0.4 | 141 | +5.3% | #25 of 243 |
| 3Greensboro-High Point, NC | 58 | 13 | 0.4 | 134 | +4.1% | #72 of 243 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 56 | 44 | 0.6 | 97 | +0.9% | #84 of 243 |
| 4Raleigh-Cary, NC | 56 | 43 | 0.7 | 88 | +12.6% | #86 of 243 |
| 5Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 53 | 78 | 0.7 | 85 | +10.1% | #111 of 243 |
| 6Jacksonville, NC | 48 | 5 | 0.7 | 82 | +6.0% | #136 of 243 |
| 7Wilmington, NC | 43 | 18 | 0.9 | 65 | +15.9% | #160 of 243 |
| 8Fayetteville, NC | 36 | 12 | 0.8 | 66 | +1.6% | #184 of 243 |
| 9Asheville, NC | 29 | 16 | 1.0 | 58 | +3.6% | #220 of 243 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | Not scored | 4 | 0.3 | 200 | +3.2% |
Other business types in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area
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 brokers60
- Property management66
- Mortgage brokers and lenders59
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area?
The Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area has 4 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.1B a year, or $14,032 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is twice 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 149,578 households in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area has 0.3 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 200, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,697 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area at 376,890 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 149,578 households. Median household income in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area is $62,787, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.5%, 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 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton metro area has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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