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Home inspectors in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area
The home inspectors in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #153 of 243 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Washington
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.2B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $18,912 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 71
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 304,261
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $18,912 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area spend about $2.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per business is 29% 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.
There are 12 home inspectors on map listings in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.0, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 10,809 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home inspectors, ranking #153 of 243 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Washington.
How the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 71 | 119 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 10,809 | 14,735 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $18,912 | $19,779 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $96,563 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as building inspection services in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 304,261+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 118,899
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 723 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 414
- Median household income
- $96,563+34.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,140
- Median home value
- $480,300
- Jobs located here
- 136,091
- Daytime population
- 311,425Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Washington for home inspectors, numbered among those based in Washington (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 74 | 8 | 0.7 | 103 | +2.7% | #20 of 243 |
| 2Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 70 | 98 | 0.6 | 133 | +3.3% | #28 of 243 |
| 3Kennewick-Richland, WA | 64 | 10 | 0.9 | 77 | +6.5% | #50 of 243 |
| 4Bellingham, WA | 63 | 5 | 0.5 | 130 | +3.9% | #52 of 243 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 57 | 66 | 0.7 | 114 | +1.0% | #78 of 243 |
| 5Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 56 | 15 | 0.6 | 107 | +3.5% | #83 of 243 |
| 6Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 50 | 5 | 1.1 | 66 | +5.0% | #128 of 243 |
| 7Yakima, WA | 48 | 7 | 0.8 | 80 | +1.0% | #138 of 243 |
| 8Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 44 | 12 | 1.0 | 71 | +2.8% | #153 of 243 |
Other business types in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater 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 estate55
- Real estate agents and brokers57
- Property management59
- Mortgage brokers and lenders40
- Home inspectors44
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 home inspectors in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count home inspectors. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in 2023.
How much do households in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.2B a year, or $18,912 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 12 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 29% 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 118,899 households in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area has 1.0 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 71, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area would have about 9, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,809 households, against one for every 17,237 across the U.S.
How fast is the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area at 304,261 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 118,899 households. The median household income in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area is $96,563 a year, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.1% 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 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area scores 44 for home inspectors (lower middle), #153 of 243 scored metro areas.
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