Home services · Small-town market · Oregon
Home repair companies in the Hood River, OR area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in the Hood River, OR area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #422 of 526 scored small-town markets
#8 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon
- Listings
- 17
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $3,127 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.0
- 53% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,720
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in the Hood River area is 36 (lower middle), #422 of 526 scored small-town markets and #8 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in the Hood River area comes to about $28M a year: $3,127 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per company, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Hood River area has 17 home repair companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 19.0 for every 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in the Hood River area classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors. That is one for every 426 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $971K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Hood River area. Population estimates show the Hood River area declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Hood River area compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Hood River area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.0 | 11.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 426 | 605 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $3,127 | $2,907 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $88,947 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21
- Employees, 2023
- 171
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $971K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the Hood River area, 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 the Hood River area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,720−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,939
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 522 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $88,947+35.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,854
- Median home value
- $660,000
- Jobs located here
- 13,643
- Daytime population
- 25,339Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oregon for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Hood River area marked.
Top small-town markets in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hermiston-Pendleton, OR | 68 | 29 | 8.8 | $2.9M | +1.8% | #67 of 526 |
| 2Roseburg, OR | 55 | 42 | 8.8 | $2.8M | +0.6% | #199 of 526 |
| 3Newport, OR | 54 | 25 | 10.8 | $2.3M | +0.3% | #214 of 526 |
| 4Brookings, OR | 53 | 9 | 8.1 | $3.2M | −3.8% | #224 of 526 |
| 5Coos Bay-North Bend, OR | 52 | 27 | 9.4 | $2.7M | −1.5% | #240 of 526 |
| 6Ontario, OR-ID | 52 | 24 | 12.0 | $2.1M | +5.0% | #246 of 526 |
| 7Klamath Falls, OR | 36 | 39 | 13.4 | $1.8M | +0.9% | #419 of 526 |
| 8Hood River, OR | 36 | 17 | 19.0 | $1.6M | −0.7% | #422 of 526 |
| 9The Dalles, OR | 31 | 14 | 13.3 | $1.9M | −1.1% | #463 of 526 |
| 10Astoria, OR | 31 | 32 | 17.8 | $1.5M | −0.6% | #466 of 526 |
Other business types in the Hood River area
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 the Hood River, OR area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 home repair companies in the Hood River area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in the Hood River, OR area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $28M a year, or $3,127 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,939 households in the Hood River area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hood River, OR area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The Hood River area has 19.0 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the Hood River area would have about 12, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 426 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hood River, OR area growing?
Population estimates put the Hood River area at 23,720 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,939 households. The median household income in the Hood River area is $88,947 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.4% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Hood River area scores 36 for home repair companies (lower middle), #422 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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