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Home inspectors in the Yakima, WA metro area
How the Yakima, WA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for home inspectors: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #138 of 243 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Washington
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,801 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 80
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 259,185
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 home inspectors in the Yakima metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 3% across the U.S. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Yakima metro area comes to about $1.5B a year: $16,801 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Housing spending per business is 20% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in the Yakima metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show the Yakima metro area grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for home inspectors in the Yakima metro area is 48 (lower middle), #138 of 243 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Washington.
How the Yakima 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 | Yakima metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 80 | 119 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 14,735 | 17,237 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.3% | +6.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,801 | $19,779 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $70,656 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 62 |
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
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Yakima 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 Yakima metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 259,185+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 87,708
- Median age
- 34.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 4,295 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $70,656+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,451
- Median home value
- $310,100
- Jobs located here
- 108,597
- Daytime population
- 259,646Residents 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 Yakima 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 Yakima 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 estate69
- Real estate agents and brokers72
- Property management55
- Mortgage brokers and lenders52
- Home inspectors48
Funeral services
Questions
How many home inspectors are in the Yakima, WA metro area?
There are 7 home inspectors on map listings in the Yakima metro area 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 the Yakima metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Yakima, WA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.5B a year, or $16,801 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 7 home inspectors on map listings, housing spending per business is 20% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 87,708 households in the Yakima metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Yakima, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?
The Yakima metro area has 0.8 home inspectors per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 0.6. The index of housing spending per business is 80, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Yakima metro area would have about 6, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is the Yakima, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Yakima metro area at 259,185 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 87,708 households. Median household income in the Yakima metro area is $70,656, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.8%, 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. The Yakima metro area scores 48 for home inspectors (lower middle), #138 of 243 scored metro areas.
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