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Home inspectors in Roane County, WV

How Roane County, WV compares with other counties 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
$71.6M
On rent and homeowner costs · $12,550 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
13,317
−4.8% 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

There are no home inspectors on map listings in Roane County as of September 2026.

Households in Roane County spend about $71.6M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $12,550 per household, 25% below 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as building inspection services in Roane County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Roane County declined 4.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no home inspectors on map listings, Roane County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Roane County 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 Roane County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureRoane CountyWest 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, 2020–2025−4.8%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$12,550$13,873$16,661
Median household income$45,778$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
0The 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 Roane County, 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 Roane County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,317−4.8% since 2020
Households
5,704
Median age
46.7
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
484 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$45,778+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,771
Median home value
$122,100
Jobs located here
3,008
Daytime population
12,017Residents 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 counties in West Virginia for home inspectors, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Roane County marked.

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for home inspectors by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Monongalia County, WV2261.342+2.0%#398 of 415
2Kanawha County, WV1381.051−4.3%#406 of 415
Roane County, WVNot scored00.0n/a−4.8%

Other business types in Roane County

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

Questions

How many home inspectors are in Roane County, WV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no home inspectors in Roane County. The listings count home inspectors. No official count is published for building inspection services in Roane County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Roane County, WV spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $71.6M a year, or $12,550 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 5,704 households in Roane County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Roane County, WV compare with the U.S. for home inspectors?

Roane County has no home inspectors on map listings.

How fast is Roane County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Roane County at 13,317 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,704 households. Median household income in Roane County is $45,778, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.5%, 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. Roane County has no market score for home inspectors, having none on map listings.

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