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Auto repair and car care businesses in Jennings County, IN
The auto repair and car care businesses in Jennings County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #140 of 2,401 scored counties
#11 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 30
- 9 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,246 a household
- Spending per listing
- $455K
- 69% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.4
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,622
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair and car care businesses, Jennings County has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #140 of 2,401 scored counties and #11 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for auto repair and car care businesses.
Households in Jennings County spend about $13.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,246 per household, 30% above the U.S. average. Spread across 30 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $455K per business, 69% above the U.S. figure of $269K.
There are 30 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Jennings County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 24% across the U.S. That comes to 27.4 for every 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Jennings County in 2023. That is one for every 912 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jennings County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Jennings County compares
The same measures for Indiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair and car care businesses 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 | Jennings County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.4 | 36.3 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $455K | $296K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | 912 | 675 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.9% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,246 | $1,072 | $958 |
| Median household income | $69,322 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 309 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 51The 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 automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Jennings 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 Jennings County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,622+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 10,944
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 377 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $69,322+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,953
- Median home value
- $161,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,780
- Daytime population
- 22,178Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hamilton County, IN | 92 | 312 | 22.7 | $544K | +10.9% | #11 of 2,401 |
| 2Brown County, IN | 90 | 6 | 8.8 | $1.5M | +1.9% | #17 of 2,401 |
| 3Hancock County, IN | 87 | 97 | 29.0 | $428K | +13.5% | #37 of 2,401 |
| 4Newton County, IN | 85 | 11 | 19.2 | $618K | +2.9% | #49 of 2,401 |
| 5Spencer County, IN | 83 | 25 | 30.9 | $423K | +1.2% | #82 of 2,401 |
| 6Washington County, IN | 81 | 37 | 33.0 | $383K | +0.5% | #105 of 2,401 |
| 7Crawford County, IN | 80 | 12 | 26.2 | $441K | −0.2% | #118 of 2,401 |
| 8Warrick County, IN | 80 | 84 | 33.4 | $368K | +4.4% | #124 of 2,401 |
| 9Parke County, IN | 80 | 18 | 29.3 | $366K | +3.0% | #125 of 2,401 |
| 10Boone County, IN | 80 | 105 | 36.5 | $338K | +13.5% | #130 of 2,401 |
| 11Jennings County, IN | 79 | 30 | 27.4 | $455K | +0.1% | #140 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Jennings County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many auto repair and car care businesses are in Jennings County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 auto repair and car care businesses in Jennings County. 9 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in 2023. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Jennings County, IN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $13.6M a year, or $1,246 per household. That is 30% above the U.S. average (an index of 130, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $455K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,944 households in Jennings County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jennings County, IN compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Jennings County has 27.4 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $455K, 69% above the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Jennings County would have about 51, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 912 households, against one for every 681 across the U.S.
How fast is Jennings County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Jennings County at 27,622 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,944 households. The median household income in Jennings County is $69,322 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.9% 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. Jennings County scores 79 for auto repair and car care businesses (high), #140 of 2,401 scored counties.
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