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Electricians in Houston County, MN
The electricians in Houston County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,114 of 1,160 scored counties
#37 of 41 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,764 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,400
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For electricians, Houston County has a Groundwork market score of 18 (low): #1,114 of 1,160 scored counties and #37 of 41 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 electricians in Houston County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.1, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Houston County comes to about $22.5M a year: $2,764 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.5M per company, 63% 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 8 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Houston County in 2023. That is one for every 1,017 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.8M has gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Houston County. Population estimates show Houston County declined 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Houston County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Houston County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $9.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,017 | 1,505 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,764 | $2,990 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $79,825 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 58
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- 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
- 2The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Houston 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 Houston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,400−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,134
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 552 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $79,825+32.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,996
- Median home value
- $239,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,470
- Daytime population
- 15,004Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, MN | 86 | 21 | 2.0 | $17.2M | +6.9% | #18 of 1,160 |
| 2Dakota County, MN | 85 | 31 | 1.8 | $18.2M | +3.9% | #24 of 1,160 |
| 3Hennepin County, MN | 78 | 87 | 1.6 | $19.9M | +0.2% | #59 of 1,160 |
| 4Ramsey County, MN | 72 | 33 | 1.5 | $19.5M | −1.8% | #126 of 1,160 |
| 5Olmsted County, MN | 68 | 19 | 2.8 | $11.1M | +2.3% | #201 of 1,160 |
| 6Scott County, MN | 65 | 16 | 2.9 | $12.1M | +5.1% | #254 of 1,160 |
| 7Carver County, MN | 61 | 14 | 3.4 | $10.6M | +6.6% | #340 of 1,160 |
| 8Anoka County, MN | 56 | 44 | 3.2 | $9.7M | +4.7% | #455 of 1,160 |
| 9Wright County, MN | 53 | 20 | 3.7 | $8.6M | +11.1% | #523 of 1,160 |
| 10Sherburne County, MN | 45 | 14 | 3.9 | $8M | +6.8% | #717 of 1,160 |
| 37Houston County, MN | 18 | 5 | 6.1 | $4.5M | −2.3% | #1,114 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Houston County, MN?
Houston County has 5 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Houston County, MN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $22.5M a year, or $2,764 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 electricians on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,134 households in Houston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Houston County, MN compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Houston County has 6.1 electricians per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $4.5M, 63% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Houston County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,017 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Houston County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Houston County at 18,400 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,134 households. The median household income in Houston County is $79,825 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.2% 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. Houston County scores 18 for electricians (low), #1,114 of 1,160 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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