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Electricians in Stokes County, NC

How Stokes County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$49.9M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,551 a household
Spending per listing
$16.6M
38% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.5
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,126
+3.5% 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

At $2,551 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Stokes County spend about $49.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 3 electricians, that is $16.6M per company, 38% above the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

Stokes County has 3 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.5, 40% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Stokes County classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 1,777 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Stokes County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 electricians on map listings, Stokes County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Stokes 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.

Electricians in Stokes County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureStokes CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.52.62.5
Spending per listing$16.6M$11.1M$12M
Households per official establishment1,7771,3861,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.2%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.5%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,551$2,889$3,018
Median household income$62,969$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 11
Employees, 2023
37
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
30 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 Stokes 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 Stokes County

Population, 2025 estimate
46,126+3.5% since 2020
Households
19,546
Median age
47.6
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
449 sq. mi.
People per square mile
100
Median household income
$62,969+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,672
Median home value
$196,700
Jobs located here
7,846
Daytime population
32,092Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for electricians, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Stokes County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Mecklenburg County, NC791062.3$14.3M+10.5%#56 of 1,160
2Onslow County, NC78121.6$17M+6.0%#61 of 1,160
3Chatham County, NC7882.4$14M+11.0%#63 of 1,160
4Orange County, NC76132.3$14.7M+6.1%#82 of 1,160
5Durham County, NC76352.5$12.6M+7.7%#83 of 1,160
6Wake County, NC751312.8$12.3M+11.2%#97 of 1,160
7Craven County, NC7061.4$18.9M+3.5%#158 of 1,160
8Cabarrus County, NC70192.3$14.1M+9.9%#161 of 1,160
9Forsyth County, NC70342.1$13M+5.0%#163 of 1,160
10Gaston County, NC68181.9$14.2M+7.8%#195 of 1,160
Stokes County, NCNot scored31.5$16.6M+3.5%

Other business types in Stokes County

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

Questions

How many electricians are in Stokes County, NC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 electricians in Stokes County. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Stokes County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $49.9M a year, or $2,551 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 electricians on map listings, it comes to $16.6M 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 19,546 households in Stokes County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Stokes County, NC compare with the U.S. for electricians?

Stokes County has 1.5 electricians per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $16.6M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Stokes County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,777 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is Stokes County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Stokes County at 46,126 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,546 households. Median household income in Stokes County is $62,969, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Stokes County has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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 Stokes County

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