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Home inspectors in Pickens County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home inspectors in Pickens County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $736.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,046 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 280
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 139,198
- +5.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Pickens County comes to about $736.2M a year: $14,046 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
There is 1 home inspector on map listings in Pickens County as of September 2026. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Pickens County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Pickens County grew 5.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 home inspector on map listings, Pickens County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Pickens County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Pickens County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 280 | 89 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 18,743 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,046 | $14,791 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,064 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
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
- 10 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 Pickens 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 Pickens County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 139,198+5.7% since 2020
- Households
- 52,414
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 271
- Median household income
- $61,064+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,979
- Median home value
- $231,900
- Jobs located here
- 40,063
- Daytime population
- 119,682Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for home inspectors, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Pickens County marked.
Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spartanburg County, SC | 74 | 5 | 0.4 | 144 | +15.6% | #35 of 415 |
| 2Lexington County, SC | 70 | 5 | 0.4 | 141 | +7.7% | #57 of 415 |
| 3Richland County, SC | 69 | 6 | 0.4 | 155 | +4.6% | #63 of 415 |
| 4Greenville County, SC | 59 | 13 | 0.6 | 100 | +10.6% | #127 of 415 |
| 5Charleston County, SC | 57 | 17 | 0.9 | 66 | +6.4% | #143 of 415 |
| 6Dorchester County, SC | 55 | 5 | 0.8 | 74 | +10.1% | #162 of 415 |
| 7York County, SC | 54 | 9 | 0.8 | 79 | +8.1% | #171 of 415 |
| 8Berkeley County, SC | 53 | 8 | 0.9 | 69 | +18.7% | #178 of 415 |
| 9Aiken County, SC | 46 | 6 | 0.9 | 66 | +7.3% | #234 of 415 |
| 10Beaufort County, SC | 43 | 9 | 1.1 | 57 | +8.9% | #265 of 415 |
| Pickens County, SC | Not scored | 1 | 0.2 | 280 | +5.7% |
Other business types in Pickens 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 estate52
- Real estate agents and brokers58
- Property management41
- Mortgage brokers and lenders64
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Pickens County, SC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 home inspector in Pickens County. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Pickens County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Pickens County, SC spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $736.2M a year, or $14,046 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, 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 52,414 households in Pickens County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pickens County, SC compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Pickens County has 1 home inspector 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, Pickens County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Pickens County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Pickens County at 139,198 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,414 households. The median household income in Pickens County is $61,064 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. Pickens County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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