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Electricians in Washington County, IA
How Washington County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,120 of 1,160 scored counties
#21 of 29 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.2M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,692 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,667
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Washington County scores 17 (low) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #1,120 of 1,160 scored counties and #21 of 29 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $2,692 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Washington County spend about $24.2M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 66% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Washington County has 6 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 6.7 for every 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 2.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Washington County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 748 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Washington County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Washington 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 | Washington County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $7.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 748 | 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 | $2,692 | $2,714 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $75,647 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- 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 Washington 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 Washington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,667+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 8,972
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 569 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $75,647+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,752
- Median home value
- $203,900
- Jobs located here
- 8,019
- Daytime population
- 19,131Residents 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 |
| 21Washington County, IA | 17 | 6 | 6.7 | $4M | +0.6% | #1,120 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Washington County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 electricians in Washington County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Washington County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $24.2M a year, or $2,692 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 electricians on map listings, it comes to $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 8,972 households in Washington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Washington County, IA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Washington County has 6.7 electricians per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $4M, 66% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Washington County would have about 2, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 748 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Washington County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Washington County at 22,667 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,972 households. Median household income in Washington County is $75,647, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. Washington County scores 17 for electricians (low), #1,120 of 1,160 scored counties.
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