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HVAC and plumbing companies in Rush County, IN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for HVAC and plumbing companies in Rush County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,575 of 1,707 scored counties
#64 of 66 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,442 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
51% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.4
65% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,767
0.0% 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

For HVAC and plumbing companies, Rush County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #1,575 of 1,707 scored counties and #64 of 66 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Rush County comes to about $16.5M a year: $2,442 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 51% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

Rush County has 7 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 10.4 for every 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Rush County classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors. That is one for every 1,349 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Rush County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Rush County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Rush County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureRush CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.46.66.3
Spending per listing$2.4M$4M$4.8M
Households per official establishment1,3491,3531,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.5%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,442$2,669$3,018
Median household income$66,473$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score2641

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
22
Annual payroll, 2023
$971K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Rush 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 Rush County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,7670.0% since 2020
Households
6,746
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
408 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$66,473+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,804
Median home value
$166,800
Jobs located here
4,803
Daytime population
13,679Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hamilton County, IN84956.9$5.1M+10.9%#36 of 1,707
2Hendricks County, IN76406.0$5.2M+10.2%#102 of 1,707
3Whitley County, IN7353.6$7.6M+2.1%#142 of 1,707
4Noble County, IN7052.8$9.4M+1.0%#196 of 1,707
5Hancock County, IN69185.4$5.6M+13.5%#233 of 1,707
6Warrick County, IN68176.8$4.4M+4.4%#260 of 1,707
7DeKalb County, IN6674.1$6.4M+2.9%#288 of 1,707
8Boone County, IN66258.7$3.9M+13.5%#316 of 1,707
9Clark County, IN65254.9$5.5M+7.5%#341 of 1,707
10Monroe County, IN62305.1$5.1M+1.9%#427 of 1,707
64Rush County, IN26710.4$2.4M0.0%#1,575 of 1,707

Other business types in Rush County

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Rush County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 HVAC and plumbing companies in Rush County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Rush County, IN spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $16.5M a year, or $2,442 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 6,746 households in Rush County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Rush County has 10.4 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $2.4M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Rush County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,349 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Rush County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Rush County at 16,767 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,746 households. Median household income in Rush County is $66,473, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. Rush County scores 26 for HVAC and plumbing companies (lower middle), #1,575 of 1,707 scored counties.

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

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