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Home inspectors in Hidalgo County, TX
How Hidalgo County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #85 of 415 scored counties
#2 of 23 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.6B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,380 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 275
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.2
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 921,549
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 home inspectors in Hidalgo County. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Hidalgo County comes to about $3.6B a year: $13,380 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 2.8 times 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 Hidalgo County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Hidalgo County grew 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in Hidalgo County is 65 (upper middle), #85 of 415 scored counties and #2 of 23 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Hidalgo 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 | Hidalgo County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 275 | 94 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 17,149 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.0% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,380 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $54,338 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 52 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 921,549+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 270,210
- Median age
- 31.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 568
- Median household income
- $54,338+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,309
- Median home value
- $140,900
- Jobs located here
- 292,679
- Daytime population
- 862,027Residents 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 Hidalgo 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 estate48
- Real estate agents and brokers54
- Property management63
- Mortgage brokers and lenders47
- Home inspectors65
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in Hidalgo County, TX?
There are 5 home inspectors on map listings in Hidalgo County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Hidalgo County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hidalgo County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $3.6B a year, or $13,380 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 5 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 2.8 times 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 270,210 households in Hidalgo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hidalgo County, TX compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
Hidalgo County has 0.2 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 275, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Hidalgo County would have about 14, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Hidalgo County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hidalgo County at 921,549 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 270,210 households. Median household income in Hidalgo County is $54,338, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.8%, 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. Hidalgo County scores 65 for home inspectors (upper middle), #85 of 415 scored counties.
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