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Roofing and gutter companies in Houghton County, MI
How Houghton County, MI 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
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.5M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,483 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.8M
- 40% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,842
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 roofing and gutter companies in Houghton County. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 3.6.
Households in Houghton County spend about $35.5M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,483 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $11.8M per company, 40% above 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 6 businesses with payroll in Houghton County classed as roofing contractors. That is one for every 2,384 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $224K have gone to businesses classed as roofing contractors in Houghton County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Houghton County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, Houghton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Houghton County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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.
| Measure | Houghton County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| Spending per listing | $11.8M | $9M | $8.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,384 | 8,009 | 5,063 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.2% | +20.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,483 | $2,711 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $58,899 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $959K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 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
- 2
- Amount
- $224K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as roofing contractors in Houghton 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 Houghton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,842+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 14,305
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,009 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $58,899+36.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,899
- Median home value
- $159,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,811
- Daytime population
- 36,847Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland County, MI | 72 | 7 | 2.0 | $14M | +0.3% | #132 of 1,177 |
| 2Oakland County, MI | 71 | 174 | 3.3 | $9.7M | +1.2% | #150 of 1,177 |
| 3Monroe County, MI | 70 | 14 | 2.2 | $12.3M | +0.7% | #158 of 1,177 |
| 4Washtenaw County, MI | 66 | 52 | 3.5 | $8.8M | −0.4% | #229 of 1,177 |
| 5Clinton County, MI | 65 | 8 | 2.5 | $11.6M | +1.6% | #244 of 1,177 |
| 6Marquette County, MI | 64 | 5 | 1.8 | $14.1M | +2.3% | #270 of 1,177 |
| 7Wayne County, MI | 63 | 111 | 1.6 | $15.8M | −1.1% | #298 of 1,177 |
| 8Macomb County, MI | 62 | 107 | 3.0 | $9.2M | +0.7% | #326 of 1,177 |
| 9Ingham County, MI | 59 | 34 | 2.9 | $8.8M | +1.7% | #386 of 1,177 |
| 10Barry County, MI | 57 | 7 | 2.9 | $9.5M | +2.2% | #427 of 1,177 |
| Houghton County, MI | Not scored | 3 | 2.1 | $11.8M | +1.6% |
Other business types in Houghton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many roofing and gutter companies are in Houghton County, MI?
There are 3 roofing and gutter companies on map listings in Houghton County as of September 2026. The listings count roofers and gutter companies. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Houghton County, MI spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $35.5M a year, or $2,483 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 roofing and gutter companies on map listings, it comes to $11.8M 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 14,305 households in Houghton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Houghton County, MI compare with the U.S. for roofing and gutter companies?
Houghton County has 2.1 roofing and gutter companies per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 3.6. Spending per company is $11.8M, 40% above the U.S. figure of $8.5M. At the national ratio of roofing and gutter companies to household spending, Houghton County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,384 households, against one for every 5,063 across the U.S.
How fast is Houghton County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Houghton County at 37,842 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,305 households. The median household income in Houghton County is $58,899 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.4% 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. 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. Houghton County has no market score for roofing and gutter companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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