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Home inspectors in Newport County, RI

The home inspectors in Newport County, RI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

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The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$741.7M
On rent and homeowner costs · $20,117 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
141
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
83,051
−2.9% 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

At $20,117 per household (21% above the U.S. average), households in Newport County spend about $741.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.

There are 2 home inspectors on map listings in Newport County as of September 2026. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Newport County classed as building inspection services. That is one for every 7,374 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Newport County declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 home inspectors on map listings, Newport County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Newport County compares

The same measures for Rhode Island 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 Newport County, RI compared with Rhode Island and the U.S.
MeasureNewport CountyRhode IslandU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.50.40.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)141197100
Households per official establishment7,37413,79917,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.5%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.9%+1.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$20,117$18,750$16,661
Median household income$103,514$87,796$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored61

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$401K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 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 Newport 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 Newport County

Population, 2025 estimate
83,051−2.9% since 2020
Households
36,868
Median age
46.4
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
102 sq. mi.
People per square mile
826
Median household income
$103,514+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$138,641
Median home value
$609,700
Jobs located here
36,087
Daytime population
83,890Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in Newport County

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

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Questions

How many home inspectors are in Newport County, RI?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 home inspectors in Newport County. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in Newport County, RI spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $741.7M a year, or $20,117 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 36,868 households in Newport County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Newport County, RI compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Newport County has 2 home inspectors on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Newport County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,374 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is Newport County, RI growing?

Population estimates put Newport County at 83,051 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,868 households. The median household income in Newport County is $103,514 a year, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.3% 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. Newport County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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