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Electricians in the Opelousas, LA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in the Opelousas, LA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #147 of 295 scored small-town markets
#1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $72.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,241 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,765
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Opelousas area comes to about $72.1M a year: $2,241 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $12M of household spending for each company on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
The Opelousas area has 6 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Opelousas area in 2023. That is one for every 2,011 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Opelousas area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For electricians, the Opelousas area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #147 of 295 scored small-town markets and #1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana.
How the Opelousas area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Opelousas area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $12M | $9.3M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,011 | 1,725 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.1% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,241 | $2,650 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $44,462 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 the Opelousas area, 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 the Opelousas area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,765−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 32,183
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 923 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $44,462+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,015
- Median home value
- $142,500
- Jobs located here
- 22,929
- Daytime population
- 72,446Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Louisiana for electricians, numbered among those based in Louisiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Opelousas area marked.
Top small-town markets in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Opelousas, LA | 51 | 6 | 1.9 | $12M | −1.9% | #147 of 295 |
| Natchez, MS-LA | 49 | 6 | 2.9 | $7.8M | −0.9% | #162 of 295 |
| 2Ruston, LA | 42 | 6 | 3.2 | $7M | +0.1% | #197 of 295 |
| 3New Iberia, LA | 20 | 12 | 4.5 | $5.5M | −4.6% | #287 of 295 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in the Opelousas, LA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 electricians in the Opelousas area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Opelousas, LA area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $72.1M a year, or $2,241 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 electricians on map listings, it comes to $12M 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 32,183 households in the Opelousas area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Opelousas, LA area compare with the U.S. for electricians?
The Opelousas area has 1.9 electricians per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $12M, in line with the U.S. figure of $12M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,011 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is the Opelousas, LA area growing?
Population estimates put the Opelousas area at 80,765 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,183 households. Median household income in the Opelousas area is $44,462, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.1%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Opelousas area scores 51 for electricians (upper middle), #147 of 295 scored small-town markets.
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