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HVAC and plumbing companies in Wasco County, OR

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 15 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,686 of 1,707 scored counties
#25 of 26 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
12
1 chain location (8%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$26.7M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,532 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
53% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.4
81% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,310
−1.1% 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

Wasco County scores 15 (low) on the Groundwork market score for HVAC and plumbing companies, ranking #1,686 of 1,707 scored counties and #25 of 26 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Wasco County spend about $26.7M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,532 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 53% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only HVAC and plumbing companies.

Wasco County has 12 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 11.4 per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 6.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in Wasco County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 813 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S. Population estimates show Wasco County declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Wasco County compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Wasco County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureWasco CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.45.46.3
Spending per listing$2.2M$5.3M$4.8M
Households per official establishment8131,2851,162
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.3%+7.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,532$2,907$3,018
Median household income$64,175$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score1558

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 13
Employees, 2023
61
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
121 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Wasco 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 Wasco County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,310−1.1% since 2020
Households
10,563
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,381 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$64,175+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,059
Median home value
$367,400
Jobs located here
10,091
Daytime population
24,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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HVAC and plumbing across Oregon

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

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for HVAC and plumbing companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, OR84153.9$7.3M+4.4%#30 of 1,707
2Washington County, OR791185.0$6.6M+1.8%#72 of 1,707
3Multnomah County, OR731514.3$7.1M−2.6%#147 of 1,707
4Marion County, OR70584.6$6M+2.7%#205 of 1,707
5Columbia County, OR69115.3$5.3M+2.6%#237 of 1,707
6Polk County, OR66154.5$6.3M+2.3%#289 of 1,707
7Crook County, OR6654.6$6.2M+10.6%#294 of 1,707
8Yamhill County, OR66205.1$5.7M+2.2%#299 of 1,707
9Lane County, OR61714.4$5.9M−0.7%#450 of 1,707
10Malheur County, OR5954.9$4.9M+1.9%#534 of 1,707
25Wasco County, OR151211.4$2.2M−1.1%#1,686 of 1,707

Other business types in Wasco County

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

Questions

How many HVAC and plumbing companies are in Wasco County, OR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 HVAC and plumbing companies in Wasco County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count heating and air-conditioning companies and plumbers. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors in 2023.

How much do households in Wasco County, OR spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $26.7M a year, or $2,532 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 HVAC and plumbing companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 10,563 households in Wasco County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wasco County has 11.4 HVAC and plumbing companies per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 6.3. Spending per company is $2.2M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $4.8M. At the U.S. ratio of HVAC and plumbing companies to household spending, Wasco County would have about 6, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 813 households, against one for every 1,162 across the U.S.

How fast is Wasco County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Wasco County at 26,310 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,563 households. Median household income in Wasco County is $64,175, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. Wasco County scores 15 for HVAC and plumbing companies (low), #1,686 of 1,707 scored counties.

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