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Electricians in Accomack County, VA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #928 of 1,160 scored counties
#42 of 44 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$37.4M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,591 a household
Spending per listing
$7.5M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
40% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,859
+1.4% 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

For electricians, Accomack County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #928 of 1,160 scored counties and #42 of 44 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 electricians in Accomack County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 3.5 for every 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Accomack County comes to about $37.4M a year: $2,591 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 38% 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 Accomack County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,445 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Accomack County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Accomack County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Accomack County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureAccomack CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.52.32.5
Spending per listing$7.5M$14.3M$12M
Households per official establishment1,4451,8431,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.5%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,591$3,295$3,018
Median household income$58,993$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score3478

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 10
Employees, 2023
32
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Accomack 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 Accomack County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,859+1.4% since 2020
Households
14,446
Median age
46.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
449 sq. mi.
People per square mile
74
Median household income
$58,993+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,387
Median home value
$204,300
Jobs located here
11,376
Daytime population
28,876Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for electricians, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Accomack County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stafford County, VA9091.7$23M+8.3%#6 of 1,160
2Arlington County, VA8960.5$75.1M+2.1%#8 of 1,160
3Alexandria city, VA8670.9$40.4M+1.0%#15 of 1,160
4Loudoun County, VA85302.1$21.8M+6.4%#22 of 1,160
5Suffolk city, VA8571.8$17M+10.4%#26 of 1,160
6Richmond city, VA83111.1$26.5M+4.6%#28 of 1,160
7Fairfax County, VA83832.0$21M+1.7%#31 of 1,160
8Albemarle County, VA8381.7$19.9M+5.1%#32 of 1,160
9York County, VA7972.6$13.5M+1.6%#58 of 1,160
10Chesterfield County, VA77342.4$13.9M+8.7%#73 of 1,160
42Accomack County, VA3453.5$7.5M+1.4%#928 of 1,160

Other business types in Accomack County

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

Questions

How many electricians are in Accomack County, VA?

There are 5 electricians on map listings in Accomack County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Accomack County, VA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $37.4M a year, or $2,591 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 electricians on map listings, it comes to $7.5M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,446 households in Accomack County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Accomack County, VA compare with the U.S. for electricians?

Accomack County has 3.5 electricians per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $7.5M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Accomack County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,445 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is Accomack County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Accomack County at 33,859 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,446 households. The median household income in Accomack County is $58,993 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.0% 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. Accomack County scores 34 for electricians (lower middle), #928 of 1,160 scored counties.

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