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Electricians in Wadena County, MN
The electricians in Wadena County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,393 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 14,388
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Wadena County spend about $14.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,393 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.3M of household spending for each company on map listings. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Wadena County has 2 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Wadena County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 676 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $250K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Wadena County.
Population estimates put the population change in Wadena County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 electricians on map listings, Wadena County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Wadena 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 | Wadena County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $7.3M | $9.8M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 676 | 1,505 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,393 | $2,990 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $61,467 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $981K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- 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
- 2
- Amount
- $250K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Wadena 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 Wadena County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,388+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,081
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 536 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $61,467+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,288
- Median home value
- $173,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,599
- Daytime population
- 13,890Residents 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 |
| Wadena County, MN | Not scored | 2 | 3.3 | $7.3M | +1.9% |
Other business types in Wadena County
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Questions
How many electricians are in Wadena County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 electricians in Wadena County. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Wadena County, MN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $14.5M a year, or $2,393 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 electricians on map listings, it comes to $7.3M 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 6,081 households in Wadena County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wadena County, MN compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Wadena County has 2 electricians on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Wadena County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 676 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Wadena County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Wadena County at 14,388 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,081 households. Median household income in Wadena County is $61,467, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Wadena County has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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