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Electricians in Madison County, IA

How Madison County, IA compares with other counties 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,890 a household
Spending per listing
$19.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
17,270
+3.8% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Madison County comes to about $19.4M a year: $2,890 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $19.4M of household spending for each company on map listings. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

Madison County has 1 electrician on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Madison County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 478 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Madison County grew 3.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 electrician on map listings, Madison County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Madison 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.

Electricians in Madison County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureMadison CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.53.52.5
Spending per listing$19.4M$7.8M$12M
Households per official establishment4781,4591,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.2%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.8%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,890$2,714$3,018
Median household income$90,855$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored29

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 14
Employees, 2023
59
Annual payroll, 2023
$3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 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 Madison 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 Madison County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,270+3.8% since 2020
Households
6,696
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
561 sq. mi.
People per square mile
30
Median household income
$90,855+37.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,293
Median home value
$245,100
Jobs located here
3,880
Daytime population
12,777Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for electricians, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Madison County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dallas County, IA9261.4$23.3M+17.8%#4 of 1,160
2Story County, IA6871.8$14.9M+2.7%#192 of 1,160
3Polk County, IA63572.8$10.4M+4.8%#295 of 1,160
4Dubuque County, IA53102.4$11.2M+0.1%#515 of 1,160
5Johnson County, IA53203.2$8.8M+4.6%#522 of 1,160
6Warren County, IA5183.9$7.6M+9.0%#565 of 1,160
7Marion County, IA5153.8$7.3M+2.3%#566 of 1,160
8Scott County, IA50233.1$8.9M+0.4%#588 of 1,160
9Pottawattamie County, IA48102.7$9.9M−0.7%#633 of 1,160
10Woodbury County, IA46122.9$8.8M+0.7%#678 of 1,160
Madison County, IANot scored11.5$19.4M+3.8%

Other business types in Madison County

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

Questions

How many electricians are in Madison County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 electrician in Madison County. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Madison County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $19.4M a year, or $2,890 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 electrician on map listings, it comes to $19.4M 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 6,696 households in Madison County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Madison County, IA compare with the U.S. for electricians?

Madison County has 1 electrician on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Madison County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 478 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is Madison County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Madison County at 17,270 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,696 households. Median household income in Madison County is $90,855, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.0%, 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. Madison County has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for electricians · All 56 business types in Madison County

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