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Home inspectors in the Johnson City, TN metro area
How the Johnson City, TN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #190 of 243 scored metro areas
#6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,770 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 67
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 216,416
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Johnson City metro area scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #190 of 243 scored metro areas and #6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $13,770 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Johnson City metro area spend about $1.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 33% 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.
There are 7 home inspectors on map listings in the Johnson City metro area as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in the Johnson City metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in the Johnson City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Johnson City metro area 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 | Johnson City metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 67 | 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 | +4.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,770 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $57,762 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 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
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Johnson City 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 Johnson City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 216,416+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 88,979
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 854 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 247
- Median household income
- $57,762+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,488
- Median home value
- $219,200
- Jobs located here
- 82,986
- Daytime population
- 208,127Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 68 | 18 | 0.3 | 162 | −0.3% | #32 of 243 |
| 2Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 59 | 65 | 0.8 | 78 | +8.7% | #71 of 243 |
| 3Knoxville, TN | 56 | 28 | 0.7 | 77 | +6.9% | #88 of 243 |
| 4Clarksville, TN-KY | 55 | 11 | 0.9 | 62 | +8.5% | #100 of 243 |
| 5Chattanooga, TN-GA | 43 | 28 | 1.2 | 47 | +5.3% | #162 of 243 |
| 6Johnson City, TN | 34 | 7 | 0.8 | 67 | +4.3% | #190 of 243 |
| 7Cleveland, TN | 34 | 5 | 1.0 | 54 | +6.1% | #192 of 243 |
Other business types in the Johnson City metro area
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 brokers54
- Property management60
- Mortgage brokers and lenders34
- Home inspectors34
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Johnson City, TN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 home inspectors in the Johnson City metro area. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in the Johnson City metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Johnson City, TN metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.2B a year, or $13,770 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 7 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 33% 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 88,979 households in the Johnson City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Johnson City, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Johnson City metro area has 0.8 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 67, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Johnson City metro area would have about 5, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is the Johnson City, TN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Johnson City metro area at 216,416 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,979 households. The median household income in the Johnson City metro area is $57,762 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.0% 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. The Johnson City metro area scores 34 for home inspectors (lower middle), #190 of 243 scored metro areas.
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