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Electricians in the Terre Haute, IN metro area
How the Terre Haute, IN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #170 of 383 scored metro areas
#4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +29.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $160.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,385 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.6M
- 22% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 169,241
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Terre Haute metro area comes to about $160.7M a year: $2,385 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 electricians, that is $14.6M per company, 22% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
The Terre Haute metro area has 11 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 1.6, 36% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 32 businesses with payroll in the Terre Haute metro area classed as electrical contractors, up 29.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,105 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Terre Haute metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Terre Haute metro area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #170 of 383 scored metro areas and #4 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Terre Haute 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 | Terre Haute metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $14.6M | $11.5M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,105 | 2,053 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +29.2% | +3.7% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,385 | $2,669 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $56,594 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32+29.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 234
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Terre Haute 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 Terre Haute metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 169,241+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 67,374
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,465 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $56,594
- Average household income
- $78,125
- Median home value
- $143,500
- Jobs located here
- 62,390
- Daytime population
- 165,337Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for electricians, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Terre Haute metro area marked.
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 Terre Haute, IN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 electricians in the Terre Haute metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 29.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the Terre Haute, IN metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $160.7M a year, or $2,385 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 electricians on map listings, it comes to $14.6M 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 67,374 households in the Terre Haute metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Terre Haute, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Terre Haute metro area has 1.6 electricians per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $14.6M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, the Terre Haute metro area would have about 13, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,105 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 29.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Terre Haute, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Terre Haute metro area at 169,241 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,374 households. Median household income in the Terre Haute metro area is $56,594, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Terre Haute metro area scores 53 for electricians (upper middle), #170 of 383 scored metro areas.
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