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Home inspectors in Codington County, SD

How Codington County, SD compares with other counties 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 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$168.1M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,421 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
64
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
29,562
+4.3% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Codington County comes to about $168.1M a year: $13,421 per household, 19% 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 Codington County as of September 2026. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Codington County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Codington County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 home inspector on map listings, Codington County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Codington County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Codington County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureCodington CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)6484100
Households per official establishmentn/a30,46217,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,421$13,945$16,661
Median household income$72,727$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

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
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Codington 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 Codington County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,562+4.3% since 2020
Households
12,526
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
688 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$72,727+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,805
Median home value
$237,700
Jobs located here
16,302
Daytime population
29,337Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in Codington County

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in Codington County, SD?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 home inspector in Codington County. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Codington County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Codington County, SD spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $168.1M a year, or $13,421 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, 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 12,526 households in Codington County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Codington County, SD compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Codington County has 1 home inspector on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending.

How fast is Codington County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Codington County at 29,562 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,526 households. The median household income in Codington County is $72,727 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.0% 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. Codington 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?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Codington County. It maps the home inspectors on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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