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Electricians in Lake County, SD

How Lake County, SD 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.9M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,736 a household
Spending per listing
$6.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,993
−0.2% 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

At $2,736 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $12.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $6.5M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

There are 2 electricians on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. That is 4.2 per 10,000 households.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Lake County classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 943 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lake County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 electricians on map listings, Lake County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lake County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Lake County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureLake CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.24.22.5
Spending per listing$6.5M$6.4M$12M
Households per official establishment9431,0721,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.6%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,736$2,698$3,018
Median household income$76,808$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored26

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 5
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Lake 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 Lake County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,993−0.2% since 2020
Households
4,716
Median age
44.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
563 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$76,808+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,754
Median home value
$247,600
Jobs located here
5,183
Daytime population
10,346Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for electricians, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Lake County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD6082.9$10.8M+17.5%#365 of 1,160
2Minnehaha County, SD50293.4$8.1M+7.6%#593 of 1,160
3Union County, SD4056.8$4.4M+3.3%#839 of 1,160
4Pennington County, SD31265.6$4.8M+6.6%#982 of 1,160
5Codington County, SD3064.8$5.4M+4.3%#992 of 1,160
6Brookings County, SD2975.1$5.1M+9.6%#1,005 of 1,160
7Meade County, SD2975.8$4.7M+2.7%#1,008 of 1,160
8Davison County, SD1489.0$2.8M+0.6%#1,138 of 1,160
9Brown County, SD9138.0$3.3M−1.7%#1,151 of 1,160
Lake County, SDNot scored24.2$6.5M−0.2%

Other business types in Lake County

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

Questions

How many electricians are in Lake County, SD?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 electricians in Lake County. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Lake County, SD spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $12.9M a year, or $2,736 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 electricians on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 4,716 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lake County, SD compare with the U.S. for electricians?

Lake County has 2 electricians on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Lake County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 943 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is Lake County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Lake County at 10,993 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,716 households. Median household income in Lake County is $76,808, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.2%, 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. Lake County has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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