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Home inspectors in Hays County, TX
The home inspectors in Hays County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #150 of 415 scored counties
#10 of 23 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,397 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 89
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 304,390
- +24.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Hays County comes to about $1.6B a year: $16,397 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 11% 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.
Hays County has 7 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 3% across the U.S. That comes to 0.7 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Hays County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 9,077 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $30K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Hays County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hays County grew 24.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For home inspectors, Hays County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #150 of 415 scored counties and #10 of 23 scored counties in Texas.
How Hays County 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.
| Measure | Hays County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 89 | 94 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 9,077 | 17,149 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +24.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,397 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $89,097 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $952K
- 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
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $30K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Hays 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 Hays County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 304,390+24.8% since 2020
- Households
- 99,849
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 677 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 397
- Median household income
- $89,097+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,554
- Median home value
- $399,800
- Jobs located here
- 86,425
- Daytime population
- 232,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Collin County, TX | 74 | 20 | 0.5 | 148 | +20.6% | #33 of 415 |
| 2Hidalgo County, TX | 65 | 5 | 0.2 | 275 | +5.6% | #85 of 415 |
| 3Denton County, TX | 65 | 25 | 0.7 | 99 | +16.9% | #89 of 415 |
| 4Travis County, TX | 65 | 45 | 0.8 | 86 | +7.2% | #90 of 415 |
| 5Bexar County, TX | 63 | 46 | 0.6 | 94 | +7.2% | #102 of 415 |
| 6Galveston County, TX | 61 | 6 | 0.4 | 145 | +5.9% | #112 of 415 |
| 7Dallas County, TX | 61 | 59 | 0.6 | 99 | +1.9% | #114 of 415 |
| 8Williamson County, TX | 59 | 23 | 0.9 | 75 | +22.3% | #130 of 415 |
| 9Tarrant County, TX | 57 | 61 | 0.8 | 78 | +6.3% | #141 of 415 |
| 10Hays County, TX | 56 | 7 | 0.7 | 89 | +24.8% | #150 of 415 |
Other business types in Hays 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 brokers53
- Property management62
- Mortgage brokers and lenders72
- Home inspectors56
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Hays County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 home inspectors in Hays County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in Hays County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.6B a year, or $16,397 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 7 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 11% 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 99,849 households in Hays County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hays County, TX compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Hays County has 0.7 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 89, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Hays County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,077 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is Hays County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hays County at 304,390 people in 2025, up 24.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 99,849 households. The median household income in Hays County is $89,097 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Hays County scores 56 for home inspectors (upper middle), #150 of 415 scored counties.
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