Home services · Small-town market · Oregon
Home repair companies in the La Grande, OR area
How the La Grande, OR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #497 of 526 scored small-town markets
#11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon
- Listings
- 17
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- +4.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $27.7M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,543 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.6
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,900
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The La Grande area scores 26 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #497 of 526 scored small-town markets and #11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 home repair companies in the La Grande area. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.6, 26% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
At $2,543 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the La Grande area spend about $27.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. That works out to $1.6M per company, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in the La Grande area was 24 in 2023, up 4.4% from 2019. That is one for every 454 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Population estimates show the La Grande area declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the La Grande 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 | La Grande area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.6 | 11.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 454 | 605 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.4% | +8.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,543 | $2,907 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $65,661 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24+4.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 123
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 171 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 the La Grande 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 La Grande area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,900−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 10,900
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,037 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $65,661+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,276
- Median home value
- $294,600
- Jobs located here
- 10,134
- Daytime population
- 25,115Residents 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 La Grande 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 |
| 11La Grande, OR | 26 | 17 | 15.6 | $1.6M | −1.0% | #497 of 526 |
Other business types in the La Grande 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 La Grande, OR area?
There are 17 home repair companies on map listings in the La Grande area as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, up 4.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the La Grande, OR area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $27.7M a year, or $2,543 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, 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 10,900 households in the La Grande area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the La Grande, OR area compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
The La Grande area has 15.6 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.6M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, the La Grande area would have about 11, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 454 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the La Grande, OR area growing?
Population estimates put the La Grande area at 25,900 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,900 households. Median household income in the La Grande area is $65,661, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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 La Grande area scores 26 for home repair companies (lower middle), #497 of 526 scored small-town markets.
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