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Home repair companies in Hale County, TX
The home repair companies in Hale County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,032 of 2,057 scored counties
#139 of 140 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 19
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.6M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,413 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.2
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,819
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Hale County is 16 (low), #2,032 of 2,057 scored counties and #139 of 140 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 home repair companies in Hale County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 17.2 per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Hale County comes to about $26.6M a year: $2,413 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 home repair companies, that is $1.4M per company, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Hale County in 2023. That is one for every 525 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hale County declined 2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Hale County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Hale County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.2 | 15.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 525 | 627 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,413 | $3,015 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $51,897 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 111
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 190 chain locations
- 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 Hale 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 Hale County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,819−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 11,024
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,005 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $51,897+7.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,923
- Median home value
- $116,500
- Jobs located here
- 10,684
- Daytime population
- 28,363Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 95 | 14 | 8.1 | $4.1M | +22.6% | #1 of 2,057 |
| 2Travis County, TX | 79 | 688 | 11.8 | $2.9M | +7.2% | #59 of 2,057 |
| 3Atascosa County, TX | 77 | 10 | 6.0 | $4.5M | +8.7% | #80 of 2,057 |
| 4Denton County, TX | 76 | 535 | 14.8 | $2.4M | +16.9% | #94 of 2,057 |
| 5Fort Bend County, TX | 76 | 454 | 15.5 | $2.3M | +17.4% | #95 of 2,057 |
| 6Coryell County, TX | 75 | 21 | 7.8 | $3.5M | +3.0% | #101 of 2,057 |
| 7Caldwell County, TX | 73 | 13 | 7.8 | $3.5M | +20.0% | #139 of 2,057 |
| 8San Jacinto County, TX | 73 | 9 | 8.3 | $3.2M | +7.1% | #142 of 2,057 |
| 9San Patricio County, TX | 73 | 24 | 9.5 | $2.9M | +4.7% | #146 of 2,057 |
| 10Panola County, TX | 71 | 7 | 7.9 | $3.5M | +2.3% | #179 of 2,057 |
| 139Hale County, TX | 16 | 19 | 17.2 | $1.4M | −2.0% | #2,032 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Hale 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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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Hale County, TX?
There are 19 home repair companies on map listings in Hale County as of September 2026. 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 Hale County, TX spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $26.6M a year, or $2,413 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,024 households in Hale County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hale County, TX compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Hale County has 17.2 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.4M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Hale County would have about 11, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 525 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Hale County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hale County at 31,819 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,024 households. Median household income in Hale County is $51,897, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.3%, 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. Hale County scores 16 for home repair companies (low), #2,032 of 2,057 scored counties.
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