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Home inspectors in Fayette County, PA
The home inspectors in Fayette County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $869.6M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $15,758 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 83
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 123,021
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 home inspectors in Fayette County. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Fayette County comes to about $869.6M a year: $15,758 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 17% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Fayette County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Fayette County declined 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 home inspectors on map listings, Fayette County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Fayette County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Fayette County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 83 | 133 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 21,979 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.6% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $15,758 | $18,070 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $58,236 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 61 |
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
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 123,021−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 55,182
- Median age
- 45.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 791 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $58,236+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,754
- Median home value
- $143,200
- Jobs located here
- 37,583
- Daytime population
- 110,057Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Fayette County marked.
Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lehigh County, PA | 78 | 6 | 0.4 | 168 | +2.7% | #18 of 415 |
| 2Berks County, PA | 77 | 7 | 0.4 | 159 | +2.7% | #21 of 415 |
| 3Dauphin County, PA | 76 | 5 | 0.4 | 164 | +2.3% | #24 of 415 |
| 4Philadelphia County, PA | 72 | 8 | 0.1 | 539 | −1.6% | #44 of 415 |
| 5Chester County, PA | 72 | 10 | 0.5 | 173 | +4.2% | #46 of 415 |
| 6Delaware County, PA | 72 | 13 | 0.6 | 123 | +0.8% | #47 of 415 |
| 7Northampton County, PA | 66 | 10 | 0.8 | 88 | +3.7% | #82 of 415 |
| 8Montgomery County, PA | 64 | 27 | 0.8 | 100 | +2.4% | #95 of 415 |
| 9Lancaster County, PA | 63 | 19 | 0.9 | 79 | +1.9% | #105 of 415 |
| 10Washington County, PA | 62 | 5 | 0.6 | 122 | +0.7% | #108 of 415 |
| Fayette County, PA | Not scored | 4 | 0.7 | 83 | −4.3% |
Other business types in Fayette 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 Fayette County, PA?
There are 4 home inspectors on map listings in Fayette County as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Fayette County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Fayette County, PA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $869.6M a year, or $15,758 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 17% 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 55,182 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, PA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Fayette County has 0.7 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 83, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Fayette County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Fayette County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 123,021 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,182 households. Median household income in Fayette County is $58,236, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.0%, 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. Fayette County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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