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Electricians in Russell County, AL
How Russell County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $57M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,382 a household
- Spending per listing
- $19M
- 58% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,898
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Russell County spend about $57M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,382 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $19M of household spending for each company on map listings, 58% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 3 electricians on map listings in Russell County as of September 2026. That comes to 1.3 for every 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Russell County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 3,420 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Russell County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 electricians on map listings, Russell County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Russell County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the electricians counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Russell County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $19M | $12.6M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,420 | 1,972 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.8% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,382 | $2,699 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $51,197 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 111
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 electrical contractors in Russell 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 Russell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,898−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 23,938
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 641 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $51,197+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,551
- Median home value
- $165,700
- Jobs located here
- 13,941
- Daytime population
- 51,647Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AL | 80 | 42 | 2.5 | $12.3M | +11.0% | #49 of 1,160 |
| 2Lee County, AL | 75 | 11 | 1.6 | $17M | +8.6% | #89 of 1,160 |
| 3Limestone County, AL | 72 | 12 | 2.9 | $10.4M | +18.0% | #143 of 1,160 |
| 4Tuscaloosa County, AL | 71 | 16 | 1.8 | $15.2M | +3.8% | #150 of 1,160 |
| 5Shelby County, AL | 69 | 25 | 2.9 | $11.5M | +6.5% | #184 of 1,160 |
| 6Houston County, AL | 67 | 9 | 2.1 | $12.5M | +2.8% | #216 of 1,160 |
| 7Talladega County, AL | 62 | 5 | 1.5 | $16.5M | +0.3% | #302 of 1,160 |
| 8Marshall County, AL | 62 | 7 | 1.9 | $13.9M | +6.0% | #304 of 1,160 |
| 9Colbert County, AL | 62 | 5 | 2.1 | $12.3M | +3.8% | #312 of 1,160 |
| 10Elmore County, AL | 61 | 9 | 2.7 | $10.4M | +4.2% | #341 of 1,160 |
| Russell County, AL | Not scored | 3 | 1.3 | $19M | −0.6% |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Russell County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 electricians in Russell County. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Russell County, AL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $57M a year, or $2,382 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 electricians on map listings, it comes to $19M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,938 households in Russell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Russell County, AL compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Russell County has 1.3 electricians per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $19M, 58% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Russell County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,420 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Russell County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Russell County at 58,898 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,938 households. Median household income in Russell County is $51,197, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.6%, 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. Russell County has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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