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Electricians in Jackson County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Jackson County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $46.8M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,540 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.7M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,039
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Jackson County spend about $46.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,540 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $11.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 3% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Jackson County has 4 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Jackson County classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 1,152 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jackson County grew 6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 electricians on map listings, Jackson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Jackson County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Jackson County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $11.7M | $11.1M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,152 | 1,386 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,540 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $55,815 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 84
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,039+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,430
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 491 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $55,815+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,171
- Median home value
- $284,700
- Jobs located here
- 17,917
- Daytime population
- 46,061Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mecklenburg County, NC | 79 | 106 | 2.3 | $14.3M | +10.5% | #56 of 1,160 |
| 2Onslow County, NC | 78 | 12 | 1.6 | $17M | +6.0% | #61 of 1,160 |
| 3Chatham County, NC | 78 | 8 | 2.4 | $14M | +11.0% | #63 of 1,160 |
| 4Orange County, NC | 76 | 13 | 2.3 | $14.7M | +6.1% | #82 of 1,160 |
| 5Durham County, NC | 76 | 35 | 2.5 | $12.6M | +7.7% | #83 of 1,160 |
| 6Wake County, NC | 75 | 131 | 2.8 | $12.3M | +11.2% | #97 of 1,160 |
| 7Craven County, NC | 70 | 6 | 1.4 | $18.9M | +3.5% | #158 of 1,160 |
| 8Cabarrus County, NC | 70 | 19 | 2.3 | $14.1M | +9.9% | #161 of 1,160 |
| 9Forsyth County, NC | 70 | 34 | 2.1 | $13M | +5.0% | #163 of 1,160 |
| 10Gaston County, NC | 68 | 18 | 1.9 | $14.2M | +7.8% | #195 of 1,160 |
| Jackson County, NC | Not scored | 4 | 2.2 | $11.7M | +6.9% |
Other business types in Jackson County
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Questions
How many electricians are in Jackson County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 electricians in Jackson County. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Jackson County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $46.8M a year, or $2,540 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 electricians on map listings, it comes to $11.7M 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 18,430 households in Jackson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jackson County, NC compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Jackson County has 2.2 electricians per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $11.7M, 3% below 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 1,152 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Jackson County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Jackson County at 45,039 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,430 households. Median household income in Jackson County is $55,815, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.1%, 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. 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. Jackson County has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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