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Roofing and gutter companies in Decatur County, IA

How Decatur County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.2M
On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,351 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
6.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
7,655
−0.9% 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

Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Decatur County comes to about $7.2M a year: $2,351 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 roofing and gutter companies, that is $3.6M per company. The spending figure covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, not only roofing and gutter companies.

Decatur County has 2 roofing and gutter companies on map listings as of September 2026. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for roofing contractors in Decatur County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Decatur County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Decatur County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Decatur County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureDecatur CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.54.43.6
Spending per listing$3.6M$6.2M$8.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,5535,063
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.5%+20.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance$2,351$2,714$3,018
Median household income$59,044$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored25

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Decatur 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 Decatur County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,655−0.9% since 2020
Households
3,055
Median age
36.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
532 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$59,044
Average household income
$74,390
Median home value
$113,900
Jobs located here
2,070
Daytime population
6,526Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Roofing and gutters across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for roofing and gutter companies, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Decatur County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for roofing and gutter companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dallas County, IA75143.3$10M+17.8%#94 of 1,177
2Story County, IA68112.8$9.5M+2.7%#186 of 1,177
3Pottawattamie County, IA6671.9$14.2M−0.7%#221 of 1,177
4Johnson County, IA60193.0$9.3M+4.6%#364 of 1,177
5Warren County, IA47104.8$6.1M+9.0%#663 of 1,177
6Dubuque County, IA45133.2$8.6M+0.1%#697 of 1,177
7Black Hawk County, IA45213.8$6.7M+0.4%#702 of 1,177
8Polk County, IA351487.2$4M+4.8%#916 of 1,177
9Bremer County, IA3455.1$5.4M+1.1%#925 of 1,177
10Linn County, IA33757.8$3.6M+0.7%#954 of 1,177
Decatur County, IANot scored26.5$3.6M−0.9%

Other business types in Decatur County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many roofing and gutter companies are in Decatur County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 roofing and gutter companies in Decatur County. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. No official count is published for roofing contractors in Decatur County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Decatur County, IA spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?

About $7.2M a year, or $2,351 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per company. That spending covers all home repairs, maintenance and insurance, which roofing and gutter companies share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,055 households in Decatur County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Decatur County, IA compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?

Decatur County has 2 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, Decatur County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Decatur County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Decatur County at 7,655 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,055 households. Median household income in Decatur County is $59,044, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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How the score works · Top markets for roofing and gutter companies · All 56 business types in Decatur County

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