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Electricians in Porter County, IN
How Porter County, IN compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #217 of 1,160 scored counties
#6 of 40 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 16
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $198.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,892 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.4M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 176,049
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 electricians in Porter County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.3, 8% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
At $2,892 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Porter County spend about $198.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $12.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $12M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in Porter County classed as electrical contractors, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 2,214 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Porter County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for electricians in Porter County is 67 (upper middle), #217 of 1,160 scored counties and #6 of 40 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Porter County 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 | Porter County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $12.4M | $11.5M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,214 | 2,053 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +3.7% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,892 | $2,669 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $87,972 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31 → 310.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 220
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 160 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Porter 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 Porter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 176,049+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 68,639
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 418 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 418
- Median household income
- $87,972+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $110,512
- Median home value
- $281,500
- Jobs located here
- 65,198
- Daytime population
- 160,058Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hamilton County, IN | 90 | 20 | 1.5 | $24.4M | +10.9% | #5 of 1,160 |
| 2Clark County, IN | 81 | 6 | 1.2 | $22.7M | +7.5% | #42 of 1,160 |
| 3Johnson County, IN | 77 | 11 | 1.8 | $16.9M | +7.4% | #72 of 1,160 |
| 4Madison County, IN | 68 | 9 | 1.7 | $14.7M | +3.8% | #193 of 1,160 |
| 5Hancock County, IN | 68 | 7 | 2.1 | $14.4M | +13.5% | #194 of 1,160 |
| 6Porter County, IN | 67 | 16 | 2.3 | $12.4M | +1.6% | #217 of 1,160 |
| 7Hendricks County, IN | 67 | 20 | 3.0 | $10.4M | +10.2% | #220 of 1,160 |
| 8Lake County, IN | 63 | 42 | 2.2 | $12.3M | +1.1% | #287 of 1,160 |
| 9Warrick County, IN | 63 | 7 | 2.8 | $10.6M | +4.4% | #294 of 1,160 |
| 10St. Joseph County, IN | 61 | 18 | 1.7 | $15.5M | +0.1% | #324 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Porter County, IN?
Porter County has 16 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Porter County, IN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $198.5M a year, or $2,892 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 electricians on map listings, it comes to $12.4M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 68,639 households in Porter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Porter County, IN compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Porter County has 2.3 electricians per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $12.4M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Porter County would have about 17, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,214 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Porter County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Porter County at 176,049 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 68,639 households. The median household income in Porter County is $87,972 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. Porter County scores 67 for electricians (upper middle), #217 of 1,160 scored counties.
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