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Electricians in St. Joseph County, IN
How St. Joseph 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #324 of 1,160 scored counties
#10 of 40 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 18
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 47
- +9.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $278.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,596 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15.5M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 272,861
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 electricians in St. Joseph County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
At $2,596 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in St. Joseph County spend about $278.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 18 electricians, that is $15.5M per company, 29% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in St. Joseph County was 47 in 2023, up 9.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,282 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Population estimates show St. Joseph County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). St. Joseph County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #324 of 1,160 scored counties and #10 of 40 scored counties in Indiana.
How St. Joseph 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 | St. Joseph County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $15.5M | $11.5M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,282 | 2,053 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.3% | +3.7% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,596 | $2,669 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $66,868 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 43 → 47+9.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,032
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $81.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 180 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 272,861+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 107,252
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 458 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 596
- Median household income
- $66,868+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,212
- Median home value
- $192,800
- Jobs located here
- 124,747
- Daytime population
- 277,571Residents 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 St. Joseph County, IN?
St. Joseph County has 18 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 9.3% from 2019.
How much do households in St. Joseph County, IN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $278.4M a year, or $2,596 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 electricians on map listings, it comes to $15.5M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 107,252 households in St. Joseph County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Joseph County, IN compare with the U.S. for electricians?
St. Joseph County has 1.7 electricians per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $15.5M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, St. Joseph County would have about 23, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,282 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Joseph County, IN growing?
Population estimates put St. Joseph County at 272,861 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 107,252 households. The median household income in St. Joseph County is $66,868 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.7% 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. St. Joseph County scores 61 for electricians (upper middle), #324 of 1,160 scored counties.
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