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Electricians in Watauga County, NC
How Watauga County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,071 of 1,160 scored counties
#50 of 53 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $53.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,544 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 68% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,786
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Watauga County scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #1,071 of 1,160 scored counties and #50 of 53 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $2,544 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Watauga County spend about $53.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That is about $6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 50% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
There are 9 electricians on map listings in Watauga County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 4.2 for every 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Watauga County was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 1,178 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Watauga County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Watauga County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Watauga 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 | Watauga County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $6M | $11.1M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,178 | 1,386 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,544 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $51,693 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 132
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Watauga 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 Watauga County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,786+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 21,198
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 312 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 176
- Median household income
- $51,693+8.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,665
- Median home value
- $358,900
- Jobs located here
- 24,062
- Daytime population
- 59,737Residents 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 |
| 50Watauga County, NC | 23 | 9 | 4.2 | $6M | +0.6% | #1,071 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Watauga County, NC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 electricians in Watauga County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Watauga County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $53.9M a year, or $2,544 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 electricians on map listings, it comes to $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 21,198 households in Watauga County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Watauga County, NC compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Watauga County has 4.2 electricians per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $6M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Watauga County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,178 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Watauga County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Watauga County at 54,786 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,198 households. Median household income in Watauga County is $51,693, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 8.8%, 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. Watauga County scores 23 for electricians (low), #1,071 of 1,160 scored counties.
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