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Car washes and detailers in Jersey County, IL

How Jersey County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #913 of 1,451 scored counties
#28 of 54 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,203 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.3
66% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,160
−1.5% 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

At $1,203 per household (26% above the U.S. average), households in Jersey County spend about $9.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $1.9M per location, 24% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

Jersey County has 5 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 6.3 for every 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Jersey County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Jersey County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For car washes and detailers, Jersey County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #913 of 1,451 scored counties and #28 of 54 scored counties in Illinois.

How Jersey County compares

The same measures for Illinois and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the car washes and detailers counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Car washes and detailing in Jersey County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureJersey CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.33.63.8
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,4326,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.6%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,203$975$958
Median household income$80,361$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score4346

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
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
50 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 car washes in Jersey 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 Jersey County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,160−1.5% since 2020
Households
7,965
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
370 sq. mi.
People per square mile
58
Median household income
$80,361+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,416
Median home value
$171,900
Jobs located here
5,045
Daytime population
16,288Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Jersey County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Will County, IL79943.8$3.3M+2.2%#66 of 1,451
2Kendall County, IL79194.2$3.1M+9.9%#68 of 1,451
3Boone County, IL7763.1$3.9M+0.4%#91 of 1,451
4Lake County, IL74722.8$4.3M+0.8%#134 of 1,451
5Monroe County, IL6353.6$3.5M−0.3%#381 of 1,451
6DuPage County, IL631273.6$3.1M+0.3%#385 of 1,451
7Winnebago County, IL62403.4$2.8M−0.4%#410 of 1,451
8Macoupin County, IL6174.0$2.9M−2.6%#436 of 1,451
9Woodford County, IL6064.1$3M−0.8%#456 of 1,451
10McHenry County, IL58605.1$2.4M+2.5%#521 of 1,451
28Jersey County, IL4356.3$1.9M−1.5%#913 of 1,451

Other business types in Jersey County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Jersey County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 car washes and detailers in Jersey County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Jersey County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Jersey County, IL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $9.6M a year, or $1,203 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per location. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,965 households in Jersey County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Jersey County, IL compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?

Jersey County has 6.3 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.9M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Jersey County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is Jersey County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Jersey County at 21,160 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,965 households. The median household income in Jersey County is $80,361 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Jersey County scores 43 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #913 of 1,451 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for car washes and detailers · All 56 business types in Jersey County

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