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Home inspectors in the Beckley, WV metro area

The home inspectors in the Beckley, WV metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$588.2M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,084 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
224
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
109,940
−4.3% 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

Households in the Beckley metro area spend about $588.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,084 per household, 21% 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.

There is 1 home inspector on map listings in the Beckley metro area as of September 2026. That is 0.2 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for building inspection services in the Beckley metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in the Beckley metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 home inspector on map listings, the Beckley metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Beckley metro area compares

The same measures for West 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 Beckley, WV metro area compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureBeckley metro areaWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.20.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)22492100
Households per official establishmentn/a48,57717,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.3%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,084$13,873$16,661
Median household income$52,620$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored38

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Beckley 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 Beckley metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
109,940−4.3% since 2020
Households
44,952
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,267 sq. mi.
People per square mile
89
Median household income
$52,620+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,721
Median home value
$129,600
Jobs located here
43,639
Daytime population
115,613Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home inspectors across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in West Virginia for home inspectors, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Beckley metro area marked.

Top metro areas in West Virginia

Metro areas in West Virginia ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV781140.5151+3.3%#10 of 243
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV6590.876+7.1%#46 of 243
1Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH5460.4133−2.6%#102 of 243
2Morgantown, WV2661.053+1.3%#231 of 243
3Charleston, WV1380.958−4.7%#238 of 243
Beckley, WVNot scored10.2224−4.3%

Other business types in the Beckley metro area

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Beckley, WV metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 home inspector in the Beckley metro area. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in the Beckley metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Beckley, WV metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $588.2M a year, or $13,084 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, 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 44,952 households in the Beckley metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Beckley, WV metro area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Beckley metro area has 1 home inspector 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, the Beckley metro area would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is the Beckley, WV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Beckley metro area at 109,940 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 44,952 households. The median household income in the Beckley metro area is $52,620 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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 Beckley metro area has no market score for home inspectors: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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