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Electricians in Saline County, IL

How Saline 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 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$23.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,343 a household
Spending per listing
$7.8M
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.0
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,772
−4.1% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Saline County comes to about $23.5M a year: $2,343 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.8M per company, 35% below 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 Saline County as of September 2026. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Saline County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,671 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Saline County.

Population estimates put the population change in Saline County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 electricians on map listings, Saline County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Saline 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 Saline County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureSaline CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.02.42.5
Spending per listing$7.8M$12.3M$12M
Households per official establishment1,6711,8731,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.2%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,343$2,919$3,018
Median household income$53,117$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored52

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
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
2The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$2.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Saline 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 Saline County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,772−4.1% since 2020
Households
10,024
Median age
44.7
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
380 sq. mi.
People per square mile
61
Median household income
$53,117+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,197
Median home value
$94,300
Jobs located here
8,022
Daytime population
21,366Residents 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 Saline 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
Saline County, ILNot scored33.0$7.8M−4.1%

Other business types in Saline County

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

Questions

How many electricians are in Saline County, IL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 electricians in Saline County. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

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

About $23.5M a year, or $2,343 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 electricians on map listings, it comes to $7.8M 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 10,024 households in Saline County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Saline County has 3.0 electricians per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $7.8M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Saline County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,671 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is Saline County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Saline County at 22,772 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,024 households. Median household income in Saline County is $53,117, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. Saline County has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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