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Home inspectors in Deschutes County, OR
The home inspectors in Deschutes County, OR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #115 of 415 scored counties
#3 of 7 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $19,232 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 78
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 213,072
- +6.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $19,232 per household (15% above the U.S. average), households in Deschutes County spend about $1.6B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 22% 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.
Deschutes County has 8 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Deschutes County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 14,156 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Deschutes County grew 6.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home inspectors, Deschutes County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #115 of 415 scored counties and #3 of 7 scored counties in Oregon.
How Deschutes County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Deschutes County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 78 | 118 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 14,156 | 15,911 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.9% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.8% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $19,232 | $18,335 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $92,758 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $484K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Deschutes 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 Deschutes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 213,072+6.8% since 2020
- Households
- 84,933
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,018 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $92,758+38.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,342
- Median home value
- $650,900
- Jobs located here
- 90,452
- Daytime population
- 205,098Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Multnomah County, OR | 70 | 17 | 0.5 | 149 | −2.6% | #56 of 415 |
| 2Marion County, OR | 68 | 6 | 0.5 | 142 | +2.7% | #70 of 415 |
| 3Deschutes County, OR | 61 | 8 | 0.9 | 78 | +6.8% | #115 of 415 |
| 4Washington County, OR | 59 | 16 | 0.7 | 115 | +1.8% | #125 of 415 |
| 5Lane County, OR | 47 | 11 | 0.7 | 94 | −0.7% | #215 of 415 |
| 6Jackson County, OR | 46 | 7 | 0.8 | 86 | −0.9% | #227 of 415 |
| 7Clackamas County, OR | 41 | 19 | 1.2 | 66 | +0.9% | #277 of 415 |
Other business types in Deschutes 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 estate37
- Real estate agents and brokers38
- Property management38
- Mortgage brokers and lenders35
- Home inspectors61
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Deschutes County, OR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 home inspectors in Deschutes County. One of them (13%) 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 Deschutes County, OR spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.6B a year, or $19,232 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 22% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 84,933 households in Deschutes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Deschutes County, OR compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Deschutes 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 78, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Deschutes County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,156 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Deschutes County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Deschutes County at 213,072 people in 2025, up 6.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,933 households. The median household income in Deschutes County is $92,758 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Deschutes County scores 61 for home inspectors (upper middle), #115 of 415 scored counties.
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