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Roofing and gutter companies in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area

How the Eureka-Arcata, CA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #88 of 288 scored small-town markets
#1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in California

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$139.5M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,541 a household
Spending per listing
$27.9M
3.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.9
75% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
131,647
−3.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 roofing and gutter companies in the Eureka-Arcata area. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.9, 75% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.

Households in the Eureka-Arcata area spend about $139.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,541 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 roofing and gutter companies, that is $27.9M per company, 3.3 times the U.S. figure of $8.5M. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which roofing and gutter companies share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Eureka-Arcata area classed as roofing contractors. That is one for every 5,492 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Eureka-Arcata area declined 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For roofing and gutter companies, the Eureka-Arcata area has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #88 of 288 scored small-town markets and #1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in California.

How the Eureka-Arcata area compares

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

Roofing and gutters in Eureka-Arcata, CA area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureEureka-Arcata areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.92.13.6
Spending per listing$27.9M$15.6M$8.5M
Households per official establishment5,4924,6305,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.5%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.4%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,541$3,240$3,018
Median household income$61,160$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score5960

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
138
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.3M
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
17The 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 roofing contractors in the Eureka-Arcata area, 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 the Eureka-Arcata area

Population, 2025 estimate
131,647−3.4% since 2020
Households
54,922
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,568 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$61,160+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,194
Median home value
$446,900
Jobs located here
48,178
Daytime population
133,286Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in California for roofing and gutter companies, numbered among those based in California, with the Eureka-Arcata area marked.

Top small-town markets in California

Small-town markets in California ranked for roofing and gutter companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Eureka-Arcata, CA5950.9$27.9M−3.4%#88 of 288
2Clearlake, CA5851.9$13.7M−0.6%#93 of 288
3Red Bluff, CA4662.4$10.6M−1.7%#167 of 288
4Ukiah, CA37113.2$8.3M−3.5%#212 of 288
5Truckee-Grass Valley, CA37225.1$6M−0.4%#216 of 288
6Sonora, CA35104.4$6.4M−4.0%#227 of 288

Other business types in the Eureka-Arcata area

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

Questions

How many roofing and gutter companies are in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area?

There are 5 roofing and gutter companies on map listings in the Eureka-Arcata area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.

How much do households in the Eureka-Arcata, CA area spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $139.5M a year, or $2,541 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $27.9M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,922 households in the Eureka-Arcata area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Eureka-Arcata, CA area compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?

The Eureka-Arcata area has 0.9 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 75% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $27.9M, 3.3 times the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the national ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, the Eureka-Arcata area would have about 17, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,492 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.

How fast is the Eureka-Arcata, CA area growing?

Population estimates put the Eureka-Arcata area at 131,647 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 54,922 households. The median household income in the Eureka-Arcata area is $61,160 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Eureka-Arcata area scores 59 for roofing and gutter companies (upper middle), #88 of 288 scored small-town markets.

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