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Electricians in Herkimer County, NY

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Herkimer County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

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The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$73M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,836 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
59,219
−1.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Herkimer County comes to about $73M a year: $2,836 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no electricians in Herkimer County. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Herkimer County would have about 6, against none on map listings.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Herkimer County classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 2,574 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Herkimer County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no electricians on map listings, Herkimer County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Herkimer County compares

The same measures for New York 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.

Electricians in Herkimer County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureHerkimer CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.02.42.5
Spending per listingn/a$13.9M$12M
Households per official establishment2,5741,4731,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.9%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,836$3,373$3,018
Median household income$68,515$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 10
Employees, 2023
46
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
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 Herkimer 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 Herkimer County

Population, 2025 estimate
59,219−1.4% since 2020
Households
25,741
Median age
44.8
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,411 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$68,515+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,546
Median home value
$147,700
Jobs located here
15,576
Daytime population
47,951Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across New York

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for electricians, numbered among those based in New York, with Herkimer County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1New York County, NY81991.3$30M−1.3%#40 of 1,160
2Oswego County, NY7751.1$27.2M+1.0%#67 of 1,160
3Tompkins County, NY7481.8$16.8M−1.4%#101 of 1,160
4Onondaga County, NY72341.7$18M−1.9%#127 of 1,160
5Madison County, NY7251.9$16M−1.2%#130 of 1,160
6Saratoga County, NY72292.8$12.5M+2.3%#140 of 1,160
7Orange County, NY71282.0$17.1M+4.2%#146 of 1,160
8Erie County, NY71781.9$15.9M−0.6%#148 of 1,160
9Ontario County, NY6891.9$17.1M+0.6%#188 of 1,160
10Albany County, NY68312.3$14.1M+2.2%#196 of 1,160
Herkimer County, NYNot scored00.0n/a−1.4%

Other business types in Herkimer County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many electricians are in Herkimer County, NY?

There are no electricians on map listings in Herkimer County as of September 2026. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Herkimer County, NY spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $73M a year, or $2,836 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 25,741 households in Herkimer County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Herkimer County, NY compare with the U.S. for electricians?

Herkimer County has no electricians on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Herkimer County would have about 6, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,574 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is Herkimer County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Herkimer County at 59,219 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,741 households. Median household income in Herkimer County is $68,515, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Herkimer County has no market score for electricians, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for electricians · All 56 business types in Herkimer County

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