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Auto repair shops in the East Stroudsburg, PA area

How the East Stroudsburg, PA 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 23 out of 100: Low

Ranked #493 of 538 scored small-town markets
#11 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania

Listings
196
47 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
98
−3.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$58.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $962 a household
Spending per listing
$301K
32% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
32.0
49% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
167,179
−0.7% 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

The East Stroudsburg area scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for auto repair shops, ranking #493 of 538 scored small-town markets and #11 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the East Stroudsburg area comes to about $58.9M a year: $962 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $301K per shop, 32% below the U.S. figure of $445K. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only auto repair shops.

The East Stroudsburg area has 196 auto repair shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 16% across the U.S. That is 32.0 per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 21.5.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the East Stroudsburg area was 98 in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 625 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $3.1M have gone to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the East Stroudsburg area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the East Stroudsburg area declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the East Stroudsburg area compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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.

Auto repair shops in East Stroudsburg, PA area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureEast Stroudsburg areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households32.023.121.5
Spending per listing$301K$362K$445K
Households per official establishment625804955
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.0%−1.1%+2.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$962$837$958
Median household income$83,565$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score2314

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
98−3.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
440
Annual payroll, 2023
$22.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
136Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
19647 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
133The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$3.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in the East Stroudsburg 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 East Stroudsburg area

Population, 2025 estimate
167,179−0.7% since 2020
Households
61,212
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
608 sq. mi.
People per square mile
275
Median household income
$83,565+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,906
Median home value
$267,600
Jobs located here
50,869
Daytime population
150,408Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Auto repair shops across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Pennsylvania for auto repair shops, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the East Stroudsburg area marked.

Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania

Small-town markets in Pennsylvania ranked for auto repair shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hemlock Farms, PA694619.0$498K+7.2%#80 of 538
2Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA396424.3$365K+2.3%#384 of 538
3Lewisburg, PA353423.4$385K−0.8%#419 of 538
4Lewistown, PA354222.7$372K0.0%#420 of 538
5Pottsville, PA3414525.0$358K+1.5%#427 of 538
6Lock Haven, PA344126.6$327K+1.3%#433 of 538
7Warren, PA333521.7$387K−3.8%#439 of 538
8Sunbury, PA3310122.1$380K−1.7%#440 of 538
9Huntingdon, PA304930.0$325K−2.4%#461 of 538
10St. Marys, PA293022.5$391K−3.3%#465 of 538
11East Stroudsburg, PA2319632.0$301K−0.7%#493 of 538

Other business types in the East Stroudsburg area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many auto repair shops are in the East Stroudsburg, PA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 196 auto repair shops in the East Stroudsburg area. 47 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count general, specialty, body and glass repair shops. Official counts show 98 businesses with payroll classed as mechanical, body and glass repair in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 136 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the East Stroudsburg, PA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $58.9M a year, or $962 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 196 auto repair shops on map listings, it comes to $301K 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 61,212 households in the East Stroudsburg area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the East Stroudsburg, PA area compare with the U.S. for auto repair shops?

The East Stroudsburg area has 32.0 auto repair shops per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 21.5. Spending per shop is $301K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $445K. At the U.S. ratio of auto repair shops to household spending, the East Stroudsburg area would have about 133, against 196 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 625 households, against one for every 955 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +2.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the East Stroudsburg, PA area growing?

Population estimates put the East Stroudsburg area at 167,179 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,212 households. Median household income in the East Stroudsburg area is $83,565, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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 East Stroudsburg area scores 23 for auto repair shops (low), #493 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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