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Home inspectors in Lackawanna County, PA
How Lackawanna County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #219 of 415 scored counties
#15 of 18 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,753 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 80
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 216,502
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Lackawanna County spend about $1.5B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $16,753 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 20% 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.
There are 7 home inspectors on map listings in Lackawanna County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.8 for every 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Lackawanna County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lackawanna County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lackawanna County scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #219 of 415 scored counties and #15 of 18 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Lackawanna 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 | Lackawanna County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 80 | 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 | +0.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,753 | $18,070 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $66,223 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 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
- 70 chain locations
- 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 Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 216,502+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 88,263
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 459 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 471
- Median household income
- $66,223+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,204
- Median home value
- $201,800
- Jobs located here
- 97,186
- Daytime population
- 217,834Residents 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 Lackawanna 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 |
| 15Lackawanna County, PA | 47 | 7 | 0.8 | 80 | +0.5% | #219 of 415 |
Other business types in Lackawanna 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 estate63
- Real estate agents and brokers70
- Property management71
- Mortgage brokers and lenders69
- Home inspectors47
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Lackawanna County, PA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 home inspectors in Lackawanna County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Lackawanna County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lackawanna County, PA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.5B a year, or $16,753 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 7 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 20% 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 88,263 households in Lackawanna County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lackawanna County, PA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Lackawanna County has 0.8 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 80, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Lackawanna County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Lackawanna County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Lackawanna County at 216,502 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,263 households. The median household income in Lackawanna County is $66,223 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.4% 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. Lackawanna County scores 47 for home inspectors (lower middle), #219 of 415 scored counties.
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