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Home inspectors in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area

The home inspectors in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.8B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,220 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
174
74% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.3
50% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
433,946
+3.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 home inspectors in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.3, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area comes to about $1.8B a year: $13,220 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 74% above 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 home inspectors on map listings, the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBrownsville-Harlingen metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.30.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)17494100
Households per official establishmentn/a17,14917,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.0%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,220$15,682$16,661
Median household income$52,601$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored52

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
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Brownsville-Harlingen 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 Brownsville-Harlingen metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
433,946+3.0% since 2020
Households
138,433
Median age
33.5
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
892 sq. mi.
People per square mile
478
Median household income
$52,601+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,931
Median home value
$136,500
Jobs located here
146,355
Daytime population
405,619Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX6750.2275+5.6%#36 of 243
2Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX621920.795+10.6%#56 of 243
3Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX60770.885+14.0%#66 of 243
4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX56690.782+9.5%#87 of 243
5Longview, TX5580.774+3.8%#97 of 243
6Corpus Christi, TX5460.4156+1.1%#101 of 243
7Tyler, TX5470.869+7.8%#108 of 243
8Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX492300.971+10.3%#134 of 243
9Waco, TX4990.868+4.2%#135 of 243
10Amarillo, TX4660.697+2.7%#144 of 243
Brownsville-Harlingen, TXNot scored40.3174+3.0%

Other business types in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area?

The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has 4 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.8B a year, or $13,220 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 74% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 138,433 households in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has 0.3 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 174, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area would have about 7, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area at 433,946 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 138,433 households. Median household income in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area is $52,601, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.7%, 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 Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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