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Electricians in Wilkes County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Wilkes County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,068 of 1,160 scored counties
#49 of 53 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $64.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,382 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.5M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,233
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for electricians in Wilkes County is 23 (low), #1,068 of 1,160 scored counties and #49 of 53 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 electricians in Wilkes County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 3.7 for every 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Households in Wilkes County spend about $64.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,382 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 46% below the U.S. figure of $12M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Wilkes County classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 1,291 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Wilkes County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Wilkes 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 | Wilkes County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $6.5M | $11.1M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,291 | 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 | $2,382 | $2,889 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $51,721 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 131
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Wilkes 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 Wilkes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,233+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 27,107
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 754 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $51,721+17.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,361
- Median home value
- $168,800
- Jobs located here
- 19,607
- Daytime population
- 59,600Residents 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 |
| 49Wilkes County, NC | 23 | 10 | 3.7 | $6.5M | +0.6% | #1,068 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Wilkes County, NC?
There are 10 electricians on map listings in Wilkes County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Wilkes County, NC spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $64.6M a year, or $2,382 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 electricians on map listings, it comes to $6.5M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,107 households in Wilkes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wilkes County, NC compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Wilkes County has 3.7 electricians per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $6.5M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Wilkes County would have about 5, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,291 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Wilkes County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Wilkes County at 66,233 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,107 households. The median household income in Wilkes County is $51,721 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Wilkes County scores 23 for electricians (low), #1,068 of 1,160 scored counties.
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