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Home inspectors in the Harrisonburg, VA metro area
How the Harrisonburg, VA metro area compares with other metro areas 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 none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $749.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,969 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 140,155
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Harrisonburg metro area comes to about $749.1M a year: $14,969 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money home inspectors take in.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no home inspectors in the Harrisonburg metro area. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Harrisonburg metro area would have about 3, against none on map listings.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Harrisonburg metro area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 12,512 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Harrisonburg metro area grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With no home inspectors on map listings, the Harrisonburg metro area isn’t given a market score for them.
How the Harrisonburg metro area 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.
| Measure | Harrisonburg metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | n/a | 137 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 12,512 | 22,143 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.9% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,969 | $16,844 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $75,065 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $793K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Harrisonburg 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 Harrisonburg metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 140,155+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 50,046
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 867 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 158
- Median household income
- $75,065+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,373
- Median home value
- $309,300
- Jobs located here
- 66,301
- Daytime population
- 138,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Harrisonburg metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 78 | 114 | 0.5 | 151 | +3.3% | #10 of 243 |
| 1Richmond, VA | 77 | 18 | 0.3 | 183 | +5.5% | #12 of 243 |
| 2Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 56 | 44 | 0.6 | 97 | +0.9% | #84 of 243 |
| 3Lynchburg, VA | 51 | 5 | 0.5 | 114 | +2.9% | #118 of 243 |
| 4Roanoke, VA | 49 | 7 | 0.5 | 105 | +0.4% | #129 of 243 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +3.5% |
Other business types in the Harrisonburg metro area
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 estate57
- Real estate agents and brokers62
- Property management54
- Mortgage brokers and lenders35
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Harrisonburg, VA metro area?
There are no home inspectors on map listings in the Harrisonburg metro area as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Harrisonburg, VA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $749.1M a year, or $14,969 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, 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 50,046 households in the Harrisonburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Harrisonburg, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Harrisonburg metro area has no home inspectors on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Harrisonburg metro area would have about 3, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,512 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Harrisonburg, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Harrisonburg metro area at 140,155 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,046 households. The median household income in the Harrisonburg metro area is $75,065 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. The Harrisonburg metro area has no market score for home inspectors, having none on map listings.
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