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Home repair companies in Jim Wells County, TX
The home repair companies in Jim Wells County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,360 of 2,057 scored counties
#90 of 140 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $32.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,449 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.3
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,804
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,449 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Jim Wells County spend about $32.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 15 home repair companies, that is $2.2M per company, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 15 home repair companies on map listings in Jim Wells County as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 11.3 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Jim Wells County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 781 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jim Wells County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Jim Wells County is 43 (lower middle), #1,360 of 2,057 scored counties and #90 of 140 scored counties in Texas.
How Jim Wells 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 | Jim Wells County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.3 | 15.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 781 | 627 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,449 | $3,015 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $51,896 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 167
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Jim Wells 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 Jim Wells County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,804−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 13,279
- Median age
- 36.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 865 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $51,896+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,948
- Median home value
- $123,600
- Jobs located here
- 14,134
- Daytime population
- 36,305Residents 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 |
| 90Jim Wells County, TX | 43 | 15 | 11.3 | $2.2M | −0.2% | #1,360 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Jim Wells County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many home repair companies are in Jim Wells County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 home repair companies in Jim Wells County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Jim Wells County, TX spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $32.5M a year, or $2,449 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,279 households in Jim Wells County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jim Wells County, TX compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Jim Wells County has 11.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.2M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Jim Wells County would have about 13, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 781 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Jim Wells County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Jim Wells County at 38,804 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,279 households. The median household income in Jim Wells County is $51,896 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. 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. Jim Wells County scores 43 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,360 of 2,057 scored counties.
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