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Electricians in Jersey County, IL

How Jersey County, IL 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$22M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,759 a household
Spending per listing
$11M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
21,160
−1.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 electricians in Jersey County. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Jersey County comes to about $22M a year: $2,759 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $11M of household spending for each company on map listings. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Jersey County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,991 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Jersey County declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 electricians on map listings, Jersey County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Jersey County 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 Jersey County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureJersey CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.52.42.5
Spending per listing$11M$12.3M$12M
Households per official establishment1,9911,8731,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.2%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,759$2,919$3,018
Median household income$80,361$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored52

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 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 electrical contractors in Jersey 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 Jersey County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,160−1.5% since 2020
Households
7,965
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
370 sq. mi.
People per square mile
58
Median household income
$80,361+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,416
Median home value
$171,900
Jobs located here
5,045
Daytime population
16,288Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for electricians, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Jersey County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kendall County, IL71122.6$12.4M+9.9%#153 of 1,160
2Will County, IL69592.4$13.5M+2.2%#175 of 1,160
3Madison County, IL67201.8$15.2M−1.0%#212 of 1,160
4St. Clair County, IL66131.3$21M−2.5%#222 of 1,160
5Cook County, IL663891.9$15.9M−1.3%#225 of 1,160
6Grundy County, IL6552.4$12.4M+2.9%#253 of 1,160
7Peoria County, IL63121.5$17M−1.6%#277 of 1,160
8Champaign County, IL63161.9$13.7M+1.8%#283 of 1,160
9Sangamon County, IL62182.1$12.9M−1.0%#309 of 1,160
10Lake County, IL62722.8$12.3M+0.8%#313 of 1,160
Jersey County, ILNot scored22.5$11M−1.5%

Other business types in Jersey County

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

Questions

How many electricians are in Jersey County, IL?

There are 2 electricians on map listings in Jersey County as of September 2026. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Jersey County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $22M a year, or $2,759 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 electricians on map listings, it comes to $11M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,965 households in Jersey County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Jersey County, IL compare with the U.S. for electricians?

Jersey County has 2 electricians on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,991 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is Jersey County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Jersey County at 21,160 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,965 households. The median household income in Jersey County is $80,361 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Jersey County has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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