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Home inspectors in the York-Hanover, PA metro area

How the York-Hanover, 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$3.3B
On rent and homeowner costs · $18,244 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
421
4.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.2
67% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
473,197
+3.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 home inspectors in the York-Hanover metro area. That comes to 0.2 for every 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the York-Hanover metro area comes to about $3.3B a year: $18,244 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 4.2 times 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.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the York-Hanover metro area in 2023. That is one for every 25,940 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the York-Hanover metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 home inspectors on map listings, the York-Hanover metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the York-Hanover 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.

Home inspectors in York-Hanover, PA metro area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureYork-Hanover metro areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.20.50.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)421133100
Households per official establishment25,94021,97917,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.6%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$18,244$18,070$16,661
Median household income$84,829$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored61

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
98
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 York-Hanover 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 York-Hanover metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
473,197+3.6% since 2020
Households
181,583
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
904 sq. mi.
People per square mile
512
Median household income
$84,829+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,143
Median home value
$248,600
Jobs located here
187,332
Daytime population
423,675Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the York-Hanover metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metro areas in Pennsylvania ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA8160.2284+4.2%#5 of 243
2Reading, PA7970.4159+2.7%#7 of 243
3Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD721180.5152+1.4%#22 of 243
4Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ68240.7100+3.0%#35 of 243
5Lancaster, PA62190.979+1.9%#57 of 243
6Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA56200.974+1.4%#89 of 243
7Pittsburgh, PA52730.799−1.3%#115 of 243
York-Hanover, PANot scored30.2421+3.6%

Other business types in the York-Hanover metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many home inspectors are in the York-Hanover, PA metro area?

The York-Hanover metro area has 3 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. 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 York-Hanover, PA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $3.3B a year, or $18,244 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 3 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 4.2 times 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 181,583 households in the York-Hanover metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the York-Hanover, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The York-Hanover metro area has 0.2 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 421, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the York-Hanover metro area would have about 13, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 25,940 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is the York-Hanover, PA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the York-Hanover metro area at 473,197 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 181,583 households. Median household income in the York-Hanover metro area is $84,829, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.6%, 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 York-Hanover metro area has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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