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Home repair companies in Wasco County, OR

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Wasco County, OR, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,911 of 2,057 scored counties
#24 of 27 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
14
1 chain location (7%)
Official establishments
24
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$26.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,532 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.3
7% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,310
−1.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Wasco County is 26 (lower middle), #1,911 of 2,057 scored counties and #24 of 27 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 home repair companies in Wasco County. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 13.3 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Wasco County comes to about $26.7M a year: $2,532 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per company, 21% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Wasco County in 2023. That is one for every 440 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $828K have gone to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Wasco County. Population estimates show Wasco County declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Wasco County 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.

Home repair trades in Wasco County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureWasco CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.311.012.4
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.6M$2.4M
Households per official establishment440605587
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.3%+9.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,532$2,907$3,018
Median household income$64,175$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score2653

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 24
Employees, 2023
128
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
141 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
2
Amount
$828K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Wasco 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 Wasco County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,310−1.1% since 2020
Households
10,563
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,381 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$64,175+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,059
Median home value
$367,400
Jobs located here
10,091
Daytime population
24,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Home repair trades across Oregon

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Wasco County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for home repair companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, OR83277.0$4M+4.4%#25 of 2,057
2Jefferson County, OR7866.8$3.9M+4.7%#64 of 2,057
3Multnomah County, OR722858.1$3.7M−2.6%#154 of 2,057
4Washington County, OR7126711.3$2.9M+1.8%#189 of 2,057
5Polk County, OR70226.7$4.3M+2.3%#203 of 2,057
6Crook County, OR67109.3$3.1M+10.6%#296 of 2,057
7Umatilla County, OR562910.1$2.6M+1.5%#738 of 2,057
8Yamhill County, OR564712.0$2.4M+2.2%#745 of 2,057
9Columbia County, OR552712.9$2.2M+2.6%#800 of 2,057
10Marion County, OR5115111.9$2.3M+2.7%#987 of 2,057
24Wasco County, OR261413.3$1.9M−1.1%#1,911 of 2,057

Other business types in Wasco County

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

Questions

How many home repair companies are in Wasco County, OR?

There are 14 home repair companies on map listings in Wasco County as of September 2026. One of them (7%) 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.

How much do households in Wasco County, OR spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $26.7M a year, or $2,532 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,563 households in Wasco County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Wasco County, OR compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?

Wasco County has 13.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.9M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Wasco County would have about 11, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 440 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.

How fast is Wasco County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Wasco County at 26,310 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,563 households. Median household income in Wasco County is $64,175, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. 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. Wasco County scores 26 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,911 of 2,057 scored counties.

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