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HVAC and plumbing companies in Cass County, IL

How Cass County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,481 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.8
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,463
−4.0% 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

At $2,481 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Cass County spend about $12.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance. Spread across 4 HVAC and plumbing companies, that is $3.2M per company, 33% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

Cass County has 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 24% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Cass County in 2023. That is one for every 1,282 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Cass County declined 4.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, Cass County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Cass County compares

The same measures for Illinois and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the HVAC and plumbing 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.

HVAC and plumbing in Cass County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureCass CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.86.96.3
Spending per listing$3.2M$4.2M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,2821,2371,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.3%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,481$2,919$3,018
Median household income$68,125$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
30
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Cass 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 Cass County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,463−4.0% since 2020
Households
5,128
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
376 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$68,125+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,028
Median home value
$97,100
Jobs located here
5,444
Daytime population
11,588Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for HVAC and plumbing companies, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Cass County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cook County, IL651,0955.2$5.7M−1.3%#335 of 1,707
2Rock Island County, IL63213.4$7.4M−1.7%#384 of 1,707
3Ogle County, IL63115.3$5.2M−0.7%#395 of 1,707
4Henry County, IL6283.9$6.8M−2.2%#409 of 1,707
5Franklin County, IL5953.1$7.5M−2.1%#511 of 1,707
6St. Clair County, IL59535.3$5.2M−2.5%#530 of 1,707
7Monroe County, IL57107.2$4.4M−0.3%#613 of 1,707
8Sangamon County, IL56465.4$5M−1.0%#635 of 1,707
9Champaign County, IL52546.3$4.1M+1.8%#791 of 1,707
10Kendall County, IL524810.6$3.1M+9.9%#802 of 1,707
Cass County, ILNot scored47.8$3.2M−4.0%

Other business types in Cass County

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Cass County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 HVAC and plumbing companies in Cass County. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Cass County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $12.7M a year, or $2,481 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which HVAC and plumbing companies share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,128 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cass County, IL compare with the U.S. for HVAC and plumbing companies?

Cass County has 7.8 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $3.2M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Cass County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,282 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Cass County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Cass County at 12,463 people in 2025, down 4.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,128 households. Median household income in Cass County is $68,125, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, 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. Cass County has no market score for HVAC and plumbing companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for HVAC and plumbing companies · All 56 business types in Cass County

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