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Electricians in the Johnstown, PA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in the Johnstown, PA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #68 of 383 scored metro areas
#5 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$150.9M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,697 a household
Spending per listing
$16.8M
40% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.6
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
128,968
−3.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 electricians in the Johnstown metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.6, 36% below the U.S. rate of 2.5.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Johnstown metro area comes to about $150.9M a year: $2,697 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $16.8M per company, 40% above the U.S. figure of $12M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which electricians share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in the Johnstown metro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,664 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Johnstown metro area declined 3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For electricians, the Johnstown metro area has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #68 of 383 scored metro areas and #5 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Johnstown metro area compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Johnstown, PA metro area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureJohnstown metro areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.62.72.5
Spending per listing$16.8M$11.6M$12M
Households per official establishment4,6641,9181,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.2%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,697$3,158$3,018
Median household income$58,418$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score6557

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12
Employees, 2023
198
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.1M
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
13The 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 the Johnstown metro area, 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 the Johnstown metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
128,968−3.2% since 2020
Households
55,973
Median age
45.0
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
688 sq. mi.
People per square mile
191
Median household income
$58,418+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,237
Median home value
$121,000
Jobs located here
48,495
Daytime population
125,354Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for electricians, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Johnstown metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metro areas in Pennsylvania ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA82542.2$14.5M+4.2%#5 of 383
2State College, PA73132.2$13.9M−0.4%#28 of 383
3Chambersburg, PA67182.8$10.8M+3.0%#62 of 383
4Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ661002.9$11.1M+3.0%#66 of 383
5Johnstown, PA6591.6$16.8M−3.2%#68 of 383
6Pittsburgh, PA632442.3$13.5M−1.3%#79 of 383
7Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD616972.8$12.1M+1.4%#102 of 383
8Williamsport, PA57112.3$11.9M−1.3%#137 of 383
9Gettysburg, PA57133.2$10M+3.6%#140 of 383
10Reading, PA56553.4$9.2M+2.7%#150 of 383

Other business types in the Johnstown metro area

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

Questions

How many electricians are in the Johnstown, PA metro area?

The Johnstown metro area has 9 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in the Johnstown, PA metro area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $150.9M a year, or $2,697 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 electricians on map listings, it comes to $16.8M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,973 households in the Johnstown metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Johnstown, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for electricians?

The Johnstown metro area has 1.6 electricians per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $16.8M, 40% above the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, the Johnstown metro area would have about 13, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,664 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is the Johnstown, PA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Johnstown metro area at 128,968 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,973 households. The median household income in the Johnstown metro area is $58,418 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. The Johnstown metro area scores 65 for electricians (upper middle), #68 of 383 scored metro areas.

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