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Home inspectors in the Lancaster, PA metro area
How the Lancaster, PA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #57 of 243 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 19
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,614 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 79
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 563,159
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Lancaster metro area comes to about $4B a year: $18,614 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 21% 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 19 home inspectors on map listings in the Lancaster metro area as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.9, 50% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Lancaster metro area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 30,393 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lancaster metro area grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in the Lancaster metro area is 62 (upper middle), #57 of 243 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Lancaster metro area 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 | Lancaster metro area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 79 | 133 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 30,393 | 21,979 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.6% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,614 | $18,070 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $86,959 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 92
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 191 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Lancaster 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 Lancaster metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 563,159+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 212,748
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 944 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 591
- Median household income
- $86,959+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,346
- Median home value
- $301,100
- Jobs located here
- 258,003
- Daytime population
- 553,680Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 81 | 6 | 0.2 | 284 | +4.2% | #5 of 243 |
| 2Reading, PA | 79 | 7 | 0.4 | 159 | +2.7% | #7 of 243 |
| 3Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 72 | 118 | 0.5 | 152 | +1.4% | #22 of 243 |
| 4Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 68 | 24 | 0.7 | 100 | +3.0% | #35 of 243 |
| 5Lancaster, PA | 62 | 19 | 0.9 | 79 | +1.9% | #57 of 243 |
| 6Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA | 56 | 20 | 0.9 | 74 | +1.4% | #89 of 243 |
| 7Pittsburgh, PA | 52 | 73 | 0.7 | 99 | −1.3% | #115 of 243 |
Other business types in the Lancaster 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 estate69
- Real estate agents and brokers72
- Property management70
- Mortgage brokers and lenders57
- Home inspectors62
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Lancaster, PA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 home inspectors in the Lancaster metro area. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Lancaster, PA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4B a year, or $18,614 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 19 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 21% 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 212,748 households in the Lancaster metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lancaster, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Lancaster metro area 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 79, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Lancaster metro area would have about 15, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 30,393 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lancaster, PA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lancaster metro area at 563,159 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 212,748 households. The median household income in the Lancaster metro area is $86,959 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. The Lancaster metro area scores 62 for home inspectors (upper middle), #57 of 243 scored metro areas.
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