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Electricians in Rusk County, TX
How Rusk County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for electricians: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #298 of 1,160 scored counties
#32 of 72 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $49.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,721 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.8M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,854
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 electricians in Rusk County. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 2.8 for every 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Rusk County comes to about $49.1M a year: $2,721 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $9.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 18% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in Rusk County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 2,575 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Rusk County grew 5.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Rusk County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #298 of 1,160 scored counties and #32 of 72 scored counties in Texas.
How Rusk County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Rusk County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $9.8M | $13M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,575 | 1,795 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,721 | $3,015 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $68,658 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 50
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Rusk 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 Rusk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,854+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 18,027
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 924 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $68,658+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,041
- Median home value
- $171,300
- Jobs located here
- 12,491
- Daytime population
- 43,759Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fort Bend County, TX | 95 | 39 | 1.3 | $27M | +17.4% | #1 of 1,160 |
| 2Denton County, TX | 93 | 56 | 1.6 | $23.2M | +16.9% | #2 of 1,160 |
| 3Collin County, TX | 92 | 65 | 1.6 | $24M | +20.6% | #3 of 1,160 |
| 4Travis County, TX | 82 | 129 | 2.2 | $15.6M | +7.2% | #39 of 1,160 |
| 5Bexar County, TX | 78 | 148 | 2.0 | $14.5M | +7.2% | #62 of 1,160 |
| 6Galveston County, TX | 78 | 35 | 2.5 | $12.6M | +5.9% | #66 of 1,160 |
| 7Bastrop County, TX | 77 | 5 | 1.4 | $22.4M | +21.3% | #68 of 1,160 |
| 8Harris County, TX | 77 | 392 | 2.2 | $13.4M | +6.6% | #74 of 1,160 |
| 9Brazoria County, TX | 77 | 38 | 2.8 | $11.7M | +12.2% | #77 of 1,160 |
| 10Hidalgo County, TX | 75 | 32 | 1.2 | $20.7M | +5.6% | #86 of 1,160 |
| 32Rusk County, TX | 63 | 5 | 2.8 | $9.8M | +5.0% | #298 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Rusk County, TX?
Rusk County has 5 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Rusk County, TX spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $49.1M a year, or $2,721 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 electricians on map listings, it comes to $9.8M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,027 households in Rusk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rusk County, TX compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Rusk County has 2.8 electricians per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $9.8M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Rusk County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,575 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Rusk County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Rusk County at 54,854 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,027 households. The median household income in Rusk County is $68,658 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.3% 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. Rusk County scores 63 for electricians (upper middle), #298 of 1,160 scored counties.
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