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Home inspectors in the Bluefield, WV-VA area

How the Bluefield, WV-VA area compares with other small-town markets 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
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$532.2M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,135 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
96,138
−3.8% 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

At $13,135 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in the Bluefield area spend about $532.2M a year on rent and homeowner costs. 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 Bluefield area. At the national ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Bluefield area would have about 2, against none on map listings.

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

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bluefield area declined 3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no home inspectors on map listings, the Bluefield area isn’t given a market score for them.

How the Bluefield 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 Bluefield, WV-VA area compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureBluefield areaWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.00.60.6
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)n/a92100
Households per official establishmentn/a48,57717,237
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+6.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.8%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,135$13,873$16,661
Median household income$50,550$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
0
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 Bluefield 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 Bluefield area

Population, 2025 estimate
96,138−3.8% since 2020
Households
40,514
Median age
44.1
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
938 sq. mi.
People per square mile
105
Median household income
$50,550
Average household income
$70,787
Median home value
$120,000
Jobs located here
33,948
Daytime population
95,290Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Bluefield area

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in the Bluefield, WV-VA area?

There are no home inspectors on map listings in the Bluefield area as of September 2026. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in the Bluefield area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Bluefield, WV-VA area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $532.2M a year, or $13,135 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 40,514 households in the Bluefield area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Bluefield, WV-VA area compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

The Bluefield area has no home inspectors on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of home inspectors to household spending, the Bluefield area would have about 2, against none on map listings.

How fast is the Bluefield, WV-VA area growing?

Population estimates put the Bluefield area at 96,138 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 40,514 households. The median household income in the Bluefield area is $50,550 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Bluefield area has no market score for home inspectors, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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