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Electricians in Hampden County, MA
How Hampden County, MA compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #499 of 1,160 scored counties
#9 of 13 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 48
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 132
- +2.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $550.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,986 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.5M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 464,338
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 48 electricians in Hampden County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.6, 4% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Hampden County comes to about $550.8M a year: $2,986 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 48 electricians, that is $11.5M per company, 4% 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 132 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Hampden County in 2023, up 2.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,398 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $155K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Hampden County.
Population estimates put the population change in Hampden County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For electricians, Hampden County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #499 of 1,160 scored counties and #9 of 13 scored counties in Massachusetts.
How Hampden County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Hampden County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $11.5M | $10.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,398 | 1,055 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.3% | +7.8% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,986 | $3,680 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $71,306 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 129 → 132+2.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,959
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $166.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 480 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $155K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Hampden 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 Hampden County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 464,338+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 184,471
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 617 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 750
- Median household income
- $71,306+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,828
- Median home value
- $298,800
- Jobs located here
- 204,758
- Daytime population
- 449,264Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Suffolk County, MA | 81 | 49 | 1.5 | $23.5M | +0.1% | #41 of 1,160 |
| 2Hampshire County, MA | 60 | 22 | 3.5 | $9.3M | +10.4% | #370 of 1,160 |
| 3Bristol County, MA | 58 | 64 | 2.7 | $12M | +2.9% | #400 of 1,160 |
| 4Essex County, MA | 57 | 102 | 3.3 | $11.1M | +2.3% | #424 of 1,160 |
| 5Norfolk County, MA | 56 | 110 | 3.9 | $10.7M | +2.2% | #450 of 1,160 |
| 6Worcester County, MA | 56 | 111 | 3.3 | $10.5M | +3.7% | #452 of 1,160 |
| 7Franklin County, MA | 55 | 8 | 2.5 | $11.8M | −0.3% | #468 of 1,160 |
| 8Middlesex County, MA | 55 | 259 | 4.1 | $10.1M | +2.8% | #479 of 1,160 |
| 9Hampden County, MA | 54 | 48 | 2.6 | $11.5M | +0.2% | #499 of 1,160 |
| 10Plymouth County, MA | 47 | 90 | 4.4 | $8.6M | +3.5% | #660 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Hampden County, MA?
Hampden County has 48 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 132 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 2.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Hampden County, MA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $550.8M a year, or $2,986 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 electricians on map listings, it comes to $11.5M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 184,471 households in Hampden County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hampden County, MA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Hampden County has 2.6 electricians per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $11.5M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Hampden County would have about 46, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,398 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Hampden County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Hampden County at 464,338 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 184,471 households. The median household income in Hampden County is $71,306 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. Hampden County scores 54 for electricians (upper middle), #499 of 1,160 scored counties.
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