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Home repair companies in Wharton County, TX
The home repair companies in Wharton County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,746 of 2,057 scored counties
#126 of 140 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 32
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- −14.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $44.4M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.1
- 62% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,060
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Wharton County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,746 of 2,057 scored counties and #126 of 140 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Wharton County comes to about $44.4M a year: $2,796 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 43% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Wharton County has 32 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 20.1 for every 10,000 households, 62% above the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Wharton County in 2023, down 14.7% from 2019. That is one for every 548 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wharton County grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Wharton 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 | Wharton County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.1 | 15.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 548 | 627 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.7% | +16.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,796 | $3,015 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $66,924 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34 → 29−14.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 182
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 320 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Wharton 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 Wharton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,060+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 15,890
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,086 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $66,924+38.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,050
- Median home value
- $189,900
- Jobs located here
- 15,145
- Daytime population
- 34,718Residents 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 |
| 126Wharton County, TX | 34 | 32 | 20.1 | $1.4M | +1.2% | #1,746 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Wharton County
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 Wharton County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 home repair companies in Wharton County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 14.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Wharton County, TX spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $44.4M a year, or $2,796 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,890 households in Wharton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wharton County, TX compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Wharton County has 20.1 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 62% above the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $1.4M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Wharton County would have about 18, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 548 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Wharton County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Wharton County at 42,060 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,890 households. The median household income in Wharton County is $66,924 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.5% 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. Wharton County scores 34 for home repair companies (lower middle), #1,746 of 2,057 scored counties.
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