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Electricians in Mitchell County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Mitchell County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,140 of 1,160 scored counties
#23 of 29 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,653 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 80% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.9
- 4.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,650
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Mitchell County scores 14 (low) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #1,140 of 1,160 scored counties and #23 of 29 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 electricians in Mitchell County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.9, 4.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Mitchell County comes to about $12.2M a year: $2,653 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 electricians, that is $2.4M per company, 80% below the U.S. figure of $12M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Mitchell County in 2023. That is one for every 657 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Population estimates show Mitchell County grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Mitchell 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 | Mitchell County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.9 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $7.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 657 | 1,459 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,653 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $71,365 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 25
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 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 Mitchell 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 Mitchell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,650+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,597
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 469 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $71,365+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,151
- Median home value
- $175,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,761
- Daytime population
- 9,436Residents 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 |
| 23Mitchell County, IA | 14 | 5 | 10.9 | $2.4M | +0.6% | #1,140 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Mitchell County, IA?
There are 5 electricians on map listings in Mitchell County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Mitchell County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $12.2M a year, or $2,653 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 electricians on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,597 households in Mitchell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mitchell County, IA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Mitchell County has 10.9 electricians per 10,000 households, 4.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $2.4M, 80% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Mitchell County would have about 1, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 657 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Mitchell County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Mitchell County at 10,650 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,597 households. The median household income in Mitchell County is $71,365 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Mitchell County scores 14 for electricians (low), #1,140 of 1,160 scored counties.
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