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Home inspectors in Chittenden County, VT

How Chittenden County, VT 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 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.4B
On rent and homeowner costs · $19,412 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
132
32% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.6
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
169,115
+0.4% 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 Chittenden County. That comes to 0.6 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6.

Households in Chittenden County spend about $1.4B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $19,412 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 32% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Chittenden County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 23,819 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Chittenden County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 home inspectors on map listings, Chittenden County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Chittenden County compares

The same measures for Vermont 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 Chittenden County, VT compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureChittenden CountyVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.60.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)132111100
Households per official establishment23,81919,53017,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$19,412$18,181$16,661
Median household income$96,759$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored51

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
25
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
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
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 Chittenden 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 Chittenden County

Population, 2025 estimate
169,115+0.4% since 2020
Households
71,456
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
537 sq. mi.
People per square mile
316
Median household income
$96,759+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$123,699
Median home value
$439,200
Jobs located here
103,357
Daytime population
189,839Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in Chittenden County

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in Chittenden County, VT?

Chittenden County has 4 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in Chittenden County, VT spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.4B a year, or $19,412 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 32% 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 71,456 households in Chittenden County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Chittenden County, VT compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Chittenden County has 0.6 home inspectors per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 132, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Chittenden County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 23,819 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is Chittenden County, VT growing?

Population estimates put Chittenden County at 169,115 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,456 households. Median household income in Chittenden County is $96,759, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.4%, 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. Chittenden County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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