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Home repair companies in Hancock County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Hancock County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.9M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,486 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 95% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,803
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Hancock County spend about $18.9M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,486 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 home repair companies, that is $4.7M per company, 95% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Hancock County has 4 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.3, 57% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Hancock County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,088 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Hancock County declined 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 home repair companies on map listings, Hancock County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Hancock County compares
The same measures for Illinois and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the home repair companies 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 | Hancock County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,088 | 647 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,486 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $65,865 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Hancock 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 Hancock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,803−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,613
- Median age
- 46.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 794 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $65,865+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,824
- Median home value
- $113,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,044
- Daytime population
- 13,542Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Piatt County, IL | 71 | 6 | 8.7 | $3.4M | +0.6% | #181 of 2,057 |
| 2Ogle County, IL | 70 | 17 | 8.2 | $3.4M | −0.7% | #210 of 2,057 |
| 3Cook County, IL | 64 | 2,065 | 9.8 | $3M | −1.3% | #399 of 2,057 |
| 4Bureau County, IL | 63 | 10 | 7.1 | $3.6M | −2.1% | #434 of 2,057 |
| 5Boone County, IL | 62 | 21 | 10.8 | $2.7M | +0.4% | #496 of 2,057 |
| 6Rock Island County, IL | 57 | 58 | 9.4 | $2.7M | −1.7% | #696 of 2,057 |
| 7St. Clair County, IL | 57 | 105 | 10.4 | $2.6M | −2.5% | #697 of 2,057 |
| 8Monroe County, IL | 57 | 17 | 12.3 | $2.6M | −0.3% | #698 of 2,057 |
| 9Franklin County, IL | 55 | 11 | 6.8 | $3.4M | −2.1% | #769 of 2,057 |
| 10Kendall County, IL | 55 | 77 | 17.0 | $1.9M | +9.9% | #810 of 2,057 |
| Hancock County, IL | Not scored | 4 | 5.3 | $4.7M | −4.4% |
Other business types in Hancock County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Hancock County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 home repair companies in Hancock County. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Hancock County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $18.9M a year, or $2,486 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $4.7M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,613 households in Hancock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hancock County, IL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Hancock County has 5.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $4.7M, 95% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Hancock County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,088 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Hancock County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Hancock County at 16,803 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,613 households. The median household income in Hancock County is $65,865 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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. Hancock County has no market score for home repair companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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