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Electricians in Ida County, IA
How Ida County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $7.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,526 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 79% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 3.9 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,777
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Ida County spend about $7.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,526 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per company, 79% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 3 electricians on map listings in Ida County as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.8, 3.9 times the U.S. rate of 2.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Ida County classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 1,017 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Ida County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Ida County 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.
| Measure | Ida County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $7.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,017 | 1,459 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,526 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $63,073 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 25
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Ida 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 Ida County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,777−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 3,050
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 432 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $63,073
- Average household income
- $85,328
- Median home value
- $108,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,615
- Daytime population
- 6,849Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 92 | 6 | 1.4 | $23.3M | +17.8% | #4 of 1,160 |
| 2Story County, IA | 68 | 7 | 1.8 | $14.9M | +2.7% | #192 of 1,160 |
| 3Polk County, IA | 63 | 57 | 2.8 | $10.4M | +4.8% | #295 of 1,160 |
| 4Dubuque County, IA | 53 | 10 | 2.4 | $11.2M | +0.1% | #515 of 1,160 |
| 5Johnson County, IA | 53 | 20 | 3.2 | $8.8M | +4.6% | #522 of 1,160 |
| 6Warren County, IA | 51 | 8 | 3.9 | $7.6M | +9.0% | #565 of 1,160 |
| 7Marion County, IA | 51 | 5 | 3.8 | $7.3M | +2.3% | #566 of 1,160 |
| 8Scott County, IA | 50 | 23 | 3.1 | $8.9M | +0.4% | #588 of 1,160 |
| 9Pottawattamie County, IA | 48 | 10 | 2.7 | $9.9M | −0.7% | #633 of 1,160 |
| 10Woodbury County, IA | 46 | 12 | 2.9 | $8.8M | +0.7% | #678 of 1,160 |
| Ida County, IA | Not scored | 3 | 9.8 | $2.6M | −3.4% |
Other business types in Ida County
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Questions
How many electricians are in Ida County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 electricians in Ida County. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Ida County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $7.7M a year, or $2,526 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 electricians on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 3,050 households in Ida County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ida County, IA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Ida County has 9.8 electricians per 10,000 households, 3.9 times the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $2.6M, 79% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Ida County would have about 1, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,017 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Ida County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Ida County at 6,777 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,050 households. Median household income in Ida County is $63,073, 22% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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