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Auto repair shops in Jasper County, IA
How Jasper County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,250 of 2,378 scored counties
#32 of 72 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 47
- 3 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,192 a household
- Spending per listing
- $381K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.3
- 46% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,153
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,192 per household (24% above the U.S. average), households in Jasper County spend about $17.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $381K of household spending for each shop on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.
Jasper County has 47 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 6%, against 16% across the U.S. That is 31.3 per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Jasper County classed as mechanical, body and glass repair. That is one for every 938 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Official counts also show 41 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Jasper County grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for auto repair shops in Jasper County is 49 (lower middle), #1,250 of 2,378 scored counties and #32 of 72 scored counties in Iowa.
How Jasper County compares
The same measures for Iowa and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the auto repair shops 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 | Jasper County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.3 | 24.1 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $381K | $470K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 938 | 766 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,192 | $1,134 | $958 |
| Median household income | $71,311 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 75
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 41Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 473 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The 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 mechanical, body and glass repair in Jasper 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 Jasper County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,153+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 15,010
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 730 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $71,311+21.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,279
- Median home value
- $186,300
- Jobs located here
- 10,068
- Daytime population
- 30,612Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Jasper County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 95 | 53 | 12.5 | $964K | +17.8% | #5 of 2,378 |
| 2Tama County, IA | 78 | 11 | 16.4 | $738K | −1.5% | #150 of 2,378 |
| 3Johnson County, IA | 75 | 100 | 15.8 | $647K | +4.6% | #211 of 2,378 |
| 4Buchanan County, IA | 72 | 18 | 21.8 | $577K | +1.3% | #290 of 2,378 |
| 5Marion County, IA | 71 | 28 | 21.0 | $603K | +2.3% | #309 of 2,378 |
| 6Polk County, IA | 70 | 404 | 19.7 | $549K | +4.8% | #347 of 2,378 |
| 7Buena Vista County, IA | 69 | 15 | 19.9 | $597K | −1.7% | #372 of 2,378 |
| 8Grundy County, IA | 69 | 13 | 25.4 | $499K | +0.2% | #389 of 2,378 |
| 9Bremer County, IA | 68 | 19 | 19.6 | $626K | +1.1% | #412 of 2,378 |
| 10Story County, IA | 66 | 78 | 20.0 | $537K | +2.7% | #495 of 2,378 |
| 32Jasper County, IA | 49 | 47 | 31.3 | $381K | +0.9% | #1,250 of 2,378 |
Other business types in Jasper 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 shops are in Jasper County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 auto repair shops in Jasper County. 3 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Another 41 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Jasper County, IA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $17.9M a year, or $1,192 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $381K per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,010 households in Jasper County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jasper County, IA compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
Jasper County has 31.3 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $381K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, Jasper County would have about 40, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 938 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is Jasper County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Jasper County at 38,153 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,010 households. Median household income in Jasper County is $71,311, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.0%, 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. Jasper County scores 49 for auto repair shops (lower middle), #1,250 of 2,378 scored counties.
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