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Home repair companies in Saline County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Saline County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,810 of 2,057 scored counties
#57 of 76 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 11
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $23.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,343 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,772
- −4.1% since 2020
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What this means
For home repair companies, Saline County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,810 of 2,057 scored counties and #57 of 76 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 home repair companies in Saline County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 11.0 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Households in Saline County spend about $23.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,343 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per company, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Saline County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 668 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Saline County. Population estimates show Saline County declined 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Saline 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 | Saline County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 668 | 647 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,343 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $53,117 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 70
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Saline 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 Saline County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,772−4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 10,024
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 380 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $53,117+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,197
- Median home value
- $94,300
- Jobs located here
- 8,022
- Daytime population
- 21,366Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Saline County marked.
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 |
| 57Saline County, IL | 31 | 11 | 11.0 | $2.1M | −4.1% | #1,810 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Saline County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Saline County, IL?
Saline County has 11 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Saline County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $23.5M a year, or $2,343 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,024 households in Saline County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saline County, IL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Saline County has 11.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.1M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Saline County would have about 10, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 668 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Saline County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Saline County at 22,772 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,024 households. Median household income in Saline County is $53,117, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. Saline County scores 31 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,810 of 2,057 scored counties.
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