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Electricians in Minnehaha County, SD

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #593 of 1,160 scored counties
#2 of 9 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
29
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
58
+7.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$235.6M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,778 a household
Spending per listing
$8.1M
32% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
36% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
212,691
+7.6% 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

Households in Minnehaha County spend about $235.6M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,778 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 29 electricians, that is $8.1M per company, 32% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.

Minnehaha County has 29 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 36% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.

Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Minnehaha County in 2023, up 7.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,462 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $5.2M have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Minnehaha County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Minnehaha County grew 7.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for electricians in Minnehaha County is 50 (upper middle), #593 of 1,160 scored counties and #2 of 9 scored counties in South Dakota.

How Minnehaha 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 Minnehaha County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureMinnehaha CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.44.22.5
Spending per listing$8.1M$6.4M$12M
Households per official establishment1,4621,0721,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+7.4%+7.6%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,778$2,698$3,018
Median household income$76,880$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score5026

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
54 → 58+7.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,112
Annual payroll, 2023
$82M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
291 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$5.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Minnehaha 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 Minnehaha County

Population, 2025 estimate
212,691+7.6% since 2020
Households
84,814
Median age
36.9
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
807 sq. mi.
People per square mile
252
Median household income
$76,880+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,921
Median home value
$287,600
Jobs located here
135,684
Daytime population
228,682Residents 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 Minnehaha 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

Other business types in Minnehaha County

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

Questions

How many electricians are in Minnehaha County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 electricians in Minnehaha County. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023, up 7.4% from 2019.

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

About $235.6M a year, or $2,778 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 electricians on map listings, it comes to $8.1M 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 84,814 households in Minnehaha County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Minnehaha County has 3.4 electricians per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $8.1M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Minnehaha County would have about 20, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,462 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Minnehaha County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Minnehaha County at 212,691 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,814 households. Median household income in Minnehaha County is $76,880, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Minnehaha County scores 50 for electricians (upper middle), #593 of 1,160 scored counties.

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