Auto · Small-town market · Oregon
Auto repair shops in the Hood River, OR area
How the Hood River, OR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for auto repair shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #119 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon
- Listings
- 19
- 2 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,205 a household
- Spending per listing
- $567K
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,720
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 auto repair shops in the Hood River area. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 16% across the U.S. That comes to 21.3 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 21.5.
At $1,205 per household (26% above the U.S. average), households in the Hood River area spend about $10.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 19 auto repair shops, that is $567K per shop, 27% above the U.S. figure of $445K. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which auto repair shops share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Hood River area in 2023. That is one for every 745 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Hood River area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hood River area declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Hood River area scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #119 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Hood River area compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Hood River area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.3 | 19.4 | 21.5 |
| Spending per listing | $567K | $540K | $445K |
| Households per official establishment | 745 | 947 | 955 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.0% | +2.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,205 | $1,050 | $958 |
| Median household income | $88,947 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 70
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 192 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the Hood River area, 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 the Hood River area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,720−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,939
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 522 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $88,947+35.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,854
- Median home value
- $660,000
- Jobs located here
- 13,643
- Daytime population
- 25,339Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oregon for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Hood River area marked.
Top small-town markets in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hermiston-Pendleton, OR | 73 | 74 | 22.4 | $529K | +1.8% | #53 of 538 |
| 2Hood River, OR | 64 | 19 | 21.3 | $567K | −0.7% | #119 of 538 |
| 3Newport, OR | 62 | 45 | 19.5 | $489K | +0.3% | #146 of 538 |
| 4Coos Bay-North Bend, OR | 61 | 46 | 16.0 | $627K | −1.5% | #154 of 538 |
| 5Roseburg, OR | 59 | 106 | 22.3 | $488K | +0.6% | #175 of 538 |
| 6Brookings, OR | 58 | 21 | 18.8 | $545K | −3.8% | #182 of 538 |
| 7Klamath Falls, OR | 56 | 68 | 23.4 | $452K | +0.9% | #206 of 538 |
| 8Astoria, OR | 55 | 33 | 18.3 | $528K | −0.6% | #214 of 538 |
| 9Ontario, OR-ID | 52 | 61 | 30.5 | $385K | +5.0% | #267 of 538 |
| 10La Grande, OR | 51 | 23 | 21.1 | $518K | −1.0% | #269 of 538 |
Other business types in the Hood River area
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 the Hood River, OR area?
The Hood River area has 19 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Hood River, OR area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $10.8M a year, or $1,205 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $567K per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,939 households in the Hood River area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hood River, OR area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?
The Hood River area has 21.3 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $567K, 27% above the U.S. figure of $445K. At the national ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the Hood River area would have about 24, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 745 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hood River, OR area growing?
Population estimates put the Hood River area at 23,720 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,939 households. The median household income in the Hood River area is $88,947 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.4% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Hood River area scores 64 for auto repair shops (upper middle), #119 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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