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Auto repair and car care businesses in Willacy County, TX
How Willacy 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 · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,206 of 2,401 scored counties
#133 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 22
- 3 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $849 a household
- Spending per listing
- $220K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 38.7
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,971
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
For auto repair and car care businesses, Willacy County has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #2,206 of 2,401 scored counties and #133 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Willacy County spend about $4.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $849 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 22 auto repair and car care businesses, that is $220K per business, 18% below the U.S. figure of $269K.
There are 22 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings in Willacy County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 24% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 38.7, 8% above the U.S. rate of 35.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for automotive repair and maintenance, and tire dealers in Willacy County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Willacy County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Willacy 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.
| Measure | Willacy County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 38.7 | 42.4 | 35.7 |
| Spending per listing | $220K | $216K | $269K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 703 | 681 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.2% | +4.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $849 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $54,180 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 43 |
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
- 42Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 223 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Willacy 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 Willacy County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,971−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,691
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 591 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $54,180+52.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,310
- Median home value
- $73,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,193
- Daytime population
- 16,399Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Jacinto County, TX | 87 | 17 | 15.6 | $642K | +7.1% | #33 of 2,401 |
| 2Fort Bend County, TX | 85 | 753 | 25.7 | $414K | +17.4% | #52 of 2,401 |
| 3Chambers County, TX | 85 | 57 | 33.1 | $327K | +22.6% | #59 of 2,401 |
| 4Clay County, TX | 83 | 12 | 28.0 | $389K | +5.0% | #86 of 2,401 |
| 5Wilson County, TX | 80 | 63 | 34.6 | $334K | +12.2% | #131 of 2,401 |
| 6Falls County, TX | 79 | 11 | 17.3 | $527K | +5.5% | #138 of 2,401 |
| 7Denton County, TX | 77 | 1,122 | 31.1 | $327K | +16.9% | #191 of 2,401 |
| 8Collin County, TX | 76 | 1,186 | 28.5 | $349K | +20.6% | #205 of 2,401 |
| 9Jones County, TX | 76 | 20 | 33.8 | $303K | +6.1% | #214 of 2,401 |
| 10Burleson County, TX | 72 | 24 | 30.4 | $321K | +16.2% | #310 of 2,401 |
| 133Willacy County, TX | 23 | 22 | 38.7 | $220K | −0.8% | #2,206 of 2,401 |
Other business types in Willacy 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 Willacy County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 auto repair and car care businesses in Willacy County. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations. 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 Willacy County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 42 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Willacy County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.8M a year, or $849 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 auto repair and car care businesses on map listings, it comes to $220K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,691 households in Willacy County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Willacy County, TX compare with the U.S. for auto repair and car care businesses?
Willacy County has 38.7 auto repair and car care businesses per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 35.7. Spending per business is $220K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $269K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair and car care businesses to household spending, Willacy County would have about 18, against 22 on map listings.
How fast is Willacy County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Willacy County at 19,971 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,691 households. The median household income in Willacy County is $54,180 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 52.5% 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. Willacy County scores 23 for auto repair and car care businesses (low), #2,206 of 2,401 scored counties.
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