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HVAC and plumbing companies in Massac County, IL

The HVAC and plumbing companies in Massac County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,556 of 1,707 scored counties
#43 of 59 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,385 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.2
46% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,502
−4.5% 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 HVAC and plumbing companies in Massac County is 27 (lower middle), #1,556 of 1,707 scored counties and #43 of 59 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Massac County comes to about $13M a year: $2,385 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each company on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

Massac County has 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.2, 46% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Massac County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 1,819 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Population estimates show Massac County declined 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Massac 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 Massac County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureMassac CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.26.96.3
Spending per listing$2.6M$4.2M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,8191,2371,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.3%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,385$2,919$3,018
Median household income$65,116$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score2740

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$368K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 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 Massac 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 Massac County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,502−4.5% since 2020
Households
5,457
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
237 sq. mi.
People per square mile
58
Median household income
$65,116+37.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,960
Median home value
$121,900
Jobs located here
3,085
Daytime population
11,088Residents 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 Massac 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
43Massac County, IL2759.2$2.6M−4.5%#1,556 of 1,707

Other business types in Massac County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 HVAC and plumbing companies in Massac County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

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

About $13M a year, or $2,385 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 5,457 households in Massac County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Massac County has 9.2 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $2.6M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Massac County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,819 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Massac County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Massac County at 13,502 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,457 households. Median household income in Massac County is $65,116, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.1%, 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. Massac County scores 27 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,556 of 1,707 scored counties.

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