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Electricians in Whitman County, WA
The electricians in Whitman County, WA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #865 of 1,160 scored counties
#20 of 23 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $46.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,461 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.6M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,512
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Whitman County comes to about $46.1M a year: $2,461 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 electricians, that is $6.6M per company, 45% below the U.S. figure of $12M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians.
Whitman County has 7 electricians on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 1% across the U.S. That comes to 3.7 for every 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 2.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Whitman County classed as electrical contractors. That is one for every 2,340 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $100K have gone to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Whitman County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Whitman County grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Whitman County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for electricians, ranking #865 of 1,160 scored counties and #20 of 23 scored counties in Washington.
How Whitman County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Whitman County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Spending per listing | $6.6M | $12.7M | $12M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,340 | 1,431 | 1,550 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.2% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,461 | $3,196 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $55,406 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 103
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 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
- 3
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as electrical contractors in Whitman 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 Whitman County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,512+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,721
- Median age
- 33.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 47%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,159 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $55,406+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,165
- Median home value
- $359,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,571
- Daytime population
- 49,541Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1King County, WA | 82 | 182 | 1.9 | $18.9M | +3.1% | #37 of 1,160 |
| 2Whatcom County, WA | 67 | 16 | 1.7 | $16.9M | +3.9% | #207 of 1,160 |
| 3Kitsap County, WA | 65 | 31 | 2.9 | $11.2M | +2.7% | #257 of 1,160 |
| 4Pierce County, WA | 62 | 88 | 2.5 | $12.5M | +2.5% | #311 of 1,160 |
| 5Benton County, WA | 62 | 21 | 2.7 | $11M | +6.9% | #315 of 1,160 |
| 6Lewis County, WA | 61 | 6 | 1.8 | $14.6M | +6.7% | #326 of 1,160 |
| 7Grant County, WA | 61 | 7 | 2.0 | $13.4M | +6.3% | #329 of 1,160 |
| 8Thurston County, WA | 60 | 32 | 2.7 | $11.1M | +2.8% | #364 of 1,160 |
| 9Grays Harbor County, WA | 59 | 7 | 2.3 | $11M | +3.0% | #382 of 1,160 |
| 10Franklin County, WA | 59 | 9 | 3.0 | $9.7M | +5.6% | #388 of 1,160 |
| 20Whitman County, WA | 38 | 7 | 3.7 | $6.6M | +1.5% | #865 of 1,160 |
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Questions
How many electricians are in Whitman County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 electricians in Whitman County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Whitman County, WA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $46.1M a year, or $2,461 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 electricians on map listings, it comes to $6.6M 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 18,721 households in Whitman County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Whitman County, WA compare with the U.S. for electricians?
Whitman County has 3.7 electricians per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 2.5. Spending per company is $6.6M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $12M. At the U.S. ratio of electricians to household spending, Whitman County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,340 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.
How fast is Whitman County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Whitman County at 48,512 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,721 households. Median household income in Whitman County is $55,406, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.6%, 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. Whitman County scores 38 for electricians (lower middle), #865 of 1,160 scored counties.
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