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Home inspectors in Carter County, TN
How Carter County, TN 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $314.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,883 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 40
- 60% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,361
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Carter County comes to about $314.7M a year: $12,883 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 60% 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.
Carter County has 3 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in Carter County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Carter County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 home inspectors on map listings, Carter County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Carter County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Carter County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 40 | 84 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 24,559 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | 0.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,883 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $50,135 | $69,595 | $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
- 30 chain locations
- 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 Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,361+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 24,425
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 166
- Median household income
- $50,135+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,526
- Median home value
- $168,200
- Jobs located here
- 12,579
- Daytime population
- 45,703Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Davidson County, TN | 71 | 16 | 0.5 | 122 | +4.2% | #49 of 415 |
| 2Shelby County, TN | 62 | 13 | 0.4 | 156 | −2.1% | #107 of 415 |
| 3Rutherford County, TN | 61 | 10 | 0.8 | 78 | +12.6% | #116 of 415 |
| 4Knox County, TN | 51 | 21 | 1.0 | 56 | +6.5% | #194 of 415 |
| 5Montgomery County, TN | 49 | 8 | 0.9 | 62 | +13.0% | #208 of 415 |
| 6Williamson County, TN | 47 | 13 | 1.4 | 53 | +9.0% | #225 of 415 |
| 7Sumner County, TN | 46 | 9 | 1.1 | 54 | +9.2% | #238 of 415 |
| 8Wilson County, TN | 43 | 8 | 1.4 | 47 | +17.8% | #267 of 415 |
| 9Blount County, TN | 42 | 5 | 0.9 | 65 | +6.0% | #270 of 415 |
| 10Hamilton County, TN | 40 | 24 | 1.6 | 38 | +6.2% | #294 of 415 |
| Carter County, TN | Not scored | 3 | 1.2 | 40 | +1.7% |
Other business types in Carter 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
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Carter County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 home inspectors in Carter County. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Carter County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Carter County, TN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $314.7M a year, or $12,883 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 3 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 60% 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 24,425 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, TN compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Carter County has 1.2 home inspectors per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 40, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Carter County would have about 1, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Carter County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 57,361 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,425 households. The median household income in Carter County is $50,135 a year, 38% below 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. Carter County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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