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Electricians in the Carroll, IA area

How the Carroll, IA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$23.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,659 a household
Spending per listing
$11.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
20,303
−2.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 electricians in the Carroll area. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Carroll area comes to about $23.4M a year: $2,659 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $11.7M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in the Carroll area classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 677 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Carroll area declined 2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 electricians on map listings, the Carroll area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Carroll area compares

The same measures for Iowa 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.

Electricians in Carroll, IA area compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureCarroll areaIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.33.52.5
Spending per listing$11.7M$7.8M$12M
Households per official establishment6771,4591,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.2%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,659$2,714$3,018
Median household income$72,930$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored29

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13
Employees, 2023
61
Annual payroll, 2023
$3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Carroll 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 Carroll area

Population, 2025 estimate
20,303−2.0% since 2020
Households
8,801
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
570 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$72,930+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,964
Median home value
$176,000
Jobs located here
10,716
Daytime population
20,571Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across Iowa

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Iowa for electricians, numbered among those based in Iowa, with the Carroll area marked.

Top small-town markets in Iowa

Small-town markets in Iowa ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pella, IA6853.8$7.3M+2.3%#39 of 295
2Clinton, IA4384.1$6.3M−0.9%#195 of 295
3Mason City, IA3894.0$6.6M−1.5%#220 of 295
4Muscatine, IA3884.6$5.5M−3.0%#222 of 295
5Spirit Lake, IA3466.8$4.2M+1.7%#251 of 295
6Fort Dodge, IA2974.6$5.4M−0.4%#271 of 295
7Storm Lake, IA2179.3$2.9M−1.7%#286 of 295
Carroll, IANot scored22.3$11.7M−2.0%

Other business types in the Carroll area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many electricians are in the Carroll, IA area?

There are 2 electricians on map listings in the Carroll area as of September 2026. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in the Carroll, IA area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $23.4M a year, or $2,659 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 electricians on map listings, it comes to $11.7M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,801 households in the Carroll area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Carroll, IA area compare with the U.S. for electricians?

The Carroll area has 2 electricians on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. 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 677 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is the Carroll, IA area growing?

Population estimates put the Carroll area at 20,303 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,801 households. The median household income in the Carroll area is $72,930 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. 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 Carroll area has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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