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Electricians in the Sterling, IL area
How the Sterling, 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #75 of 295 scored small-town markets
#1 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $58M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,511 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.6M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,121
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Sterling area spend about $58M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,511 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 electricians, that is $11.6M per company, 3% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
The Sterling area has 5 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.2, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Sterling area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 3,303 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sterling area declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for electricians in the Sterling area is 61 (upper middle), #75 of 295 scored small-town markets and #1 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Illinois.
How the Sterling 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.
| Measure | Sterling area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $11.6M | $12.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,303 | 1,873 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,511 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $67,500 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 231
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 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 the Sterling 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 Sterling area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,121−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 23,120
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 684 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $67,500+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,592
- Median home value
- $127,100
- Jobs located here
- 20,819
- Daytime population
- 50,543Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sterling, IL | 61 | 5 | 2.2 | $11.6M | −2.6% | #75 of 295 |
| 2Ottawa, IL | 57 | 19 | 3.1 | $8.5M | −1.6% | #112 of 295 |
| 3Carbondale, IL | 45 | 7 | 3.0 | $7.4M | −1.5% | #184 of 295 |
| 4Canton, IL | 44 | 5 | 3.6 | $6.7M | −2.0% | #190 of 295 |
| 5Marion-Herrin, IL | 43 | 12 | 4.1 | $6.1M | +0.2% | #196 of 295 |
| 6Quincy, IL-MO | 38 | 10 | 3.2 | $7.8M | −2.0% | #216 of 295 |
| 7Charleston-Mattoon, IL | 37 | 8 | 3.8 | $6.1M | −1.0% | #230 of 295 |
| 8Danville, IL | 35 | 13 | 4.3 | $5.5M | −3.7% | #241 of 295 |
| 9Pontiac, IL | 34 | 7 | 4.8 | $5.5M | −2.1% | #247 of 295 |
| 10Macomb, IL | 34 | 5 | 4.2 | $5.5M | −4.5% | #248 of 295 |
Other business types in the Sterling area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Sterling, IL area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 electricians in the Sterling area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Sterling, IL area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $58M a year, or $2,511 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 electricians on map listings, it comes to $11.6M 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 23,120 households in the Sterling area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sterling, IL area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Sterling area has 2.2 electricians per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $11.6M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $12M. 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 3,303 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sterling, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Sterling area at 54,121 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,120 households. Median household income in the Sterling area is $67,500, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. 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 Sterling area scores 61 for electricians (upper middle), #75 of 295 scored small-town markets.
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