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Electricians in the Muncie, IN metro area
The electricians in the Muncie, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #193 of 383 scored metro areas
#5 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $107.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,331 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 113,106
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Muncie metro area comes to about $107.8M a year: $2,331 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 electricians, that is $12M per company, in line with the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 9 electricians on map listings in the Muncie metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Muncie metro area in 2023. That is one for every 2,313 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Muncie metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Muncie metro area scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #193 of 383 scored metro areas and #5 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Muncie metro area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Muncie metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $12M | $11.5M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,313 | 2,053 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.7% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,331 | $2,669 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $58,127 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20
- Employees, 2023
- 125
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Muncie metro 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 Muncie metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 113,106+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 46,256
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $58,127+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,454
- Median home value
- $139,400
- Jobs located here
- 44,237
- Daytime population
- 112,299Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 72 | 184 | 2.0 | $14.2M | +2.7% | #35 of 383 |
| 1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 72 | 184 | 2.2 | $13.1M | +5.4% | #37 of 383 |
| 2South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 63 | 21 | 1.6 | $16M | +0.1% | #77 of 383 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 60 | 834 | 2.3 | $13.3M | 0.0% | #108 of 383 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 60 | 136 | 2.4 | $11.7M | +2.9% | #112 of 383 |
| 3Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 55 | 9 | 2.1 | $12.6M | −0.9% | #155 of 383 |
| 4Terre Haute, IN | 53 | 11 | 1.6 | $14.6M | +0.3% | #170 of 383 |
| 5Muncie, IN | 50 | 9 | 1.9 | $12M | +1.2% | #193 of 383 |
| 6Bloomington, IN | 49 | 16 | 2.4 | $10.8M | +2.0% | #201 of 383 |
| 7Columbus, IN | 47 | 12 | 3.6 | $7.7M | +4.3% | #221 of 383 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Muncie, IN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 electricians in the Muncie metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Muncie, IN metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $107.8M a year, or $2,331 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 electricians on map listings, it comes to $12M 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 46,256 households in the Muncie metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Muncie, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Muncie metro area has 1.9 electricians per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $12M, in line with 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 2,313 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is the Muncie, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Muncie metro area at 113,106 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,256 households. Median household income in the Muncie metro area is $58,127, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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. The Muncie metro area scores 50 for electricians (upper middle), #193 of 383 scored metro areas.
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