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Electricians in Wayne County, WV

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for electricians in Wayne County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$39.8M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,523 a household
Spending per listing
$39.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
37,309
−4.0% since 2020

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What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 electrician in Wayne County. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.

At $2,523 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Wayne County spend about $39.8M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $39.8M per company. 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 Wayne County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,941 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Wayne County declined 4.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 electrician on map listings, Wayne County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Wayne County compares

The same measures for West 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 Wayne County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureWayne CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.61.62.5
Spending per listing$39.8M$15.8M$12M
Households per official establishment3,9412,5931,550
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.1%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.0%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,523$2,578$3,018
Median household income$58,878$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored60

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
41
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
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 Wayne 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 Wayne County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,309−4.0% since 2020
Households
15,762
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
506 sq. mi.
People per square mile
75
Median household income
$58,878+55.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,850
Median home value
$127,100
Jobs located here
8,769
Daytime population
32,887Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Electricians across West Virginia

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

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for electricians by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Berkeley County, WV84112.2$13.5M+13.7%#27 of 1,160
2Jefferson County, WV7773.1$10.6M+9.2%#78 of 1,160
3Monongalia County, WV6892.0$13.9M+2.0%#198 of 1,160
4Putnam County, WV5752.2$13.9M−1.0%#417 of 1,160
5Kanawha County, WV48162.1$12.5M−4.3%#630 of 1,160
6Marion County, WV4762.6$10.4M−1.2%#653 of 1,160
7Mercer County, WV4562.5$9.9M−3.4%#702 of 1,160
8Cabell County, WV43102.5$9.9M−3.2%#746 of 1,160
9Raleigh County, WV3182.8$8.6M−3.5%#965 of 1,160
Wayne County, WVNot scored10.6$39.8M−4.0%

Other business types in Wayne County

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

Questions

How many electricians are in Wayne County, WV?

There is 1 electrician on map listings in Wayne County as of September 2026. The listings count electricians. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as electrical contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Wayne County, WV spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $39.8M a year, or $2,523 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 electrician on map listings, it comes to $39.8M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only electricians. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,762 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Wayne County, WV compare with the U.S. for electricians?

Wayne County has 1 electrician on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of electricians to household spending, Wayne County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,941 households, against one for every 1,550 across the U.S.

How fast is Wayne County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Wayne County at 37,309 people in 2025, down 4.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,762 households. The median household income in Wayne County is $58,878 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 55.0% 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. Wayne County has no market score for electricians: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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