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Home inspectors in Stanly County, NC
How Stanly County, NC compares with other counties 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
- $352.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,949 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 67
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 68,830
- +9.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 home inspectors in Stanly County. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Stanly County comes to about $352.1M a year: $13,949 per household, 16% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Stanly County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Stanly County grew 9.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 home inspectors on map listings, Stanly County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Stanly 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 | Stanly County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 67 | 102 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 14,133 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.5% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.8% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,949 | $15,139 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $60,704 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
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
- 1The 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 Stanly 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 Stanly County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,830+9.8% since 2020
- Households
- 25,240
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 395 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 164
- Median household income
- $60,704+15.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,208
- Median home value
- $242,400
- Jobs located here
- 23,648
- Daytime population
- 57,304Residents 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 Stanly 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 |
| Stanly County, NC | Not scored | 2 | 0.8 | 67 | +9.8% |
Other business types in Stanly 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
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Stanly County, NC?
Stanly County has 2 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Stanly County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Stanly County, NC spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $352.1M a year, or $13,949 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 25,240 households in Stanly County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stanly County, NC compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Stanly County has 2 home inspectors on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Stanly County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Stanly County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Stanly County at 68,830 people in 2025, up 9.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,240 households. Median household income in Stanly County is $60,704, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.4%, 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. Stanly County 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?
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