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Auto repair and car care businesses in Menard County, TX

How Menard County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses: 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
$829K
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $880 a household
Spending per listing
$414K
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
21.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
1,956
−0.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 auto repair and car care businesses in Menard County. That is 21.2 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Menard County comes to about $829K a year: $880 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $414K of household spending for each business on map listings.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Menard County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Menard County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, 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 Menard County compares

The same measures for Texas 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.

Auto repair and car care in Menard County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMenard CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.242.435.7
Spending per listing$414K$216K$269K
Households per official establishmentn/a703681
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.2%+4.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$880$918$958
Median household income$53,043$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored43

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
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Menard 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 Menard County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,956−0.1% since 2020
Households
942
Median age
56.9
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
902 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$53,043
Average household income
$71,964
Median home value
$108,500
Jobs located here
452
Daytime population
1,823Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair and car care across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for auto repair and car care businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Menard County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for auto repair and car care businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1San Jacinto County, TX871715.6$642K+7.1%#33 of 2,401
2Fort Bend County, TX8575325.7$414K+17.4%#52 of 2,401
3Chambers County, TX855733.1$327K+22.6%#59 of 2,401
4Clay County, TX831228.0$389K+5.0%#86 of 2,401
5Wilson County, TX806334.6$334K+12.2%#131 of 2,401
6Falls County, TX791117.3$527K+5.5%#138 of 2,401
7Denton County, TX771,12231.1$327K+16.9%#191 of 2,401
8Collin County, TX761,18628.5$349K+20.6%#205 of 2,401
9Jones County, TX762033.8$303K+6.1%#214 of 2,401
10Burleson County, TX722430.4$321K+16.2%#310 of 2,401
Menard County, TXNot scored221.2$414K−0.1%

Other business types in Menard 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 auto repair and car care businesses are in Menard County, TX?

There are 2 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Menard County as of September 2026. The listings count repair shops, body shops, tire shops, car washes, oil change and parts stores. No official count is published for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Menard County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Menard County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $829K a year, or $880 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $414K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 942 households in Menard County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Menard County, TX compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?

Menard County has 2 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Menard County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Menard County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Menard County at 1,956 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 942 households. Median household income in Menard County is $53,043, 34% 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.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for auto repair and car care businesses · All 56 business types in Menard County

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