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Electricians in the Danville, IL area

How the Danville, IL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #241 of 295 scored small-town markets
#8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Illinois

Listings
13
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$71.1M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,362 a household
Spending per listing
$5.5M
54% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
72% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
71,259
−3.7% 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

For electricians, the Danville area has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #241 of 295 scored small-town markets and #8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Households in the Danville area spend about $71.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,362 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.5M per company, 54% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

There are 13 electricians on map listings in the Danville area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.3, 72% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Danville area classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 3,761 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Danville area declined 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Danville area compares

The same measures for Illinois 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.

Electricians in Danville, IL area compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureDanville areaIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.32.42.5
Spending per listing$5.5M$12.3M$12M
Households per official establishment3,7611,8731,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.2%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,362$2,919$3,018
Median household income$56,877$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score3552

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
88
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
130 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 electrical contractors in the Danville 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 Danville area

Population, 2025 estimate
71,259−3.7% since 2020
Households
30,084
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
898 sq. mi.
People per square mile
81
Median household income
$56,877+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,148
Median home value
$97,200
Jobs located here
24,379
Daytime population
64,835Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across Illinois

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for electricians, numbered among those based in Illinois, with the Danville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Illinois

Small-town markets in Illinois ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sterling, IL6152.2$11.6M−2.6%#75 of 295
2Ottawa, IL57193.1$8.5M−1.6%#112 of 295
3Carbondale, IL4573.0$7.4M−1.5%#184 of 295
4Canton, IL4453.6$6.7M−2.0%#190 of 295
5Marion-Herrin, IL43124.1$6.1M+0.2%#196 of 295
6Quincy, IL-MO38103.2$7.8M−2.0%#216 of 295
7Charleston-Mattoon, IL3783.8$6.1M−1.0%#230 of 295
8Danville, IL35134.3$5.5M−3.7%#241 of 295
9Pontiac, IL3474.8$5.5M−2.1%#247 of 295
10Macomb, IL3454.2$5.5M−4.5%#248 of 295

Other business types in the Danville area

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

Questions

How many electricians are in the Danville, IL area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 13 electricians in the Danville area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in the Danville, IL area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $71.1M a year, or $2,362 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 electricians on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 30,084 households in the Danville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Danville, IL area compare with the U.S. for electricians?

The Danville area has 4.3 electricians per 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $5.5M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, the Danville area would have about 6, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,761 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is the Danville, IL area growing?

Population estimates put the Danville area at 71,259 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 30,084 households. Median household income in the Danville area is $56,877, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. 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 Danville area scores 35 for electricians (lower middle), #241 of 295 scored small-town markets.

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