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Home inspectors in Hanover County, VA

The home inspectors in Hanover County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$758.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $17,767 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
144
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
116,423
+5.6% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Hanover County comes to about $758.5M a year: $17,767 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.

Hanover County has 2 home inspectors on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Hanover County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 10,672 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $450K have gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in Hanover County.

Population estimates put the population change in Hanover County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 home inspectors on map listings, Hanover County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Hanover County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Hanover County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureHanover CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.50.50.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)144137100
Households per official establishment10,67222,14317,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.9%+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.6%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$17,767$16,844$16,661
Median household income$112,805$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored67

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
19
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$450K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in Hanover 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 Hanover County

Population, 2025 estimate
116,423+5.6% since 2020
Households
42,688
Median age
43.4
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
468 sq. mi.
People per square mile
241
Median household income
$112,805+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$139,805
Median home value
$400,400
Jobs located here
61,897
Daytime population
116,596Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Hanover County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Fairfax County, VA78200.5162+1.7%#19 of 415
2Chesterfield County, VA7360.4153+8.7%#42 of 415
3Loudoun County, VA71100.7120+6.4%#50 of 415
4Arlington County, VA7070.6121+2.1%#59 of 415
5Henrico County, VA6960.4144+2.3%#65 of 415
6Prince William County, VA67110.7105+4.2%#78 of 415
7Chesapeake city, VA4491.066+2.3%#254 of 415
8Virginia Beach city, VA43130.787−1.3%#263 of 415
9Newport News city, VA3450.784−1.5%#326 of 415
Hanover County, VANot scored20.5144+5.6%

Other business types in Hanover County

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in Hanover County, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 home inspectors in Hanover County. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.

How much do households in Hanover County, VA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $758.5M a year, or $17,767 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 42,688 households in Hanover County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hanover County, VA compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Hanover County has 2 home inspectors on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, Hanover County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,672 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.

How fast is Hanover County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Hanover County at 116,423 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 42,688 households. The median household income in Hanover County is $112,805 a year, 40% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. Hanover County has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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