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Electricians in Shelby County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Shelby County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,750 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
11,689
−0.2% since 2020

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What this means

Households in Shelby County spend about $13.4M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,750 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no electricians in Shelby County. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Shelby County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Shelby County in 2023. That is one for every 1,221 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Shelby County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no electricians on map listings, Shelby County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Shelby 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 Shelby County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureShelby CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.03.52.5
Spending per listingn/a$7.8M$12M
Households per official establishment1,2211,4591,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.2%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,750$2,714$3,018
Median household income$72,738$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored29

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
16
Annual payroll, 2023
$539K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
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 Shelby 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 Shelby County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,689−0.2% since 2020
Households
4,882
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
591 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$72,738+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,055
Median home value
$164,000
Jobs located here
5,366
Daytime population
11,696Residents 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 Shelby 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
Shelby County, IANot scored00.0n/a−0.2%

Other business types in Shelby County

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

Questions

How many electricians are in Shelby County, IA?

There are no electricians on map listings in Shelby County as of September 2026. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

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

About $13.4M a year, or $2,750 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 4,882 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Shelby County has no electricians on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Shelby County would have about 1, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,221 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is Shelby County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Shelby County at 11,689 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,882 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $72,738, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Shelby County has no market score for electricians, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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