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Car washes and detailers in the Vincennes, IN area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in the Vincennes, IN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #389 of 441 scored small-town markets
#16 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Indiana

Listings
10
2 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,052 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
74% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
35,652
−1.7% 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 Vincennes area scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #389 of 441 scored small-town markets and #16 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Vincennes area comes to about $16M a year: $1,052 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. Spread across 10 car washes and detailers, that is $1.6M per location, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

There are 10 car washes and detailers on map listings in the Vincennes area as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in the Vincennes area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,792 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.1M has gone to businesses classed as car washes in the Vincennes area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Vincennes area declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Vincennes area compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Vincennes, IN area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureVincennes areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.63.93.8
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,7926,5136,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+12.4%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,052$1,072$958
Median household income$61,237$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score2861

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
30
Annual payroll, 2023
$521K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
102 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in the Vincennes 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 Vincennes area

Population, 2025 estimate
35,652−1.7% since 2020
Households
15,169
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
516 sq. mi.
People per square mile
70
Median household income
$61,237+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,721
Median home value
$137,700
Jobs located here
16,627
Daytime population
36,438Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Indiana

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Indiana for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Indiana, with the Vincennes area marked.

Top small-town markets in Indiana

Small-town markets in Indiana ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Plymouth, IN7463.4$3.4M+1.2%#52 of 441
2Bedford, IN7294.7$2.5M+1.2%#67 of 441
3Seymour, IN6895.0$2.3M+1.9%#85 of 441
4Warsaw, IN68165.0$2.2M+0.9%#86 of 441
5Auburn, IN6663.5$3.4M+2.9%#94 of 441
6Crawfordsville, IN6585.1$2.2M+2.7%#108 of 441
7Angola, IN6164.3$2.6M+1.0%#132 of 441
8Monticello, IN5654.9$2.4M+2.0%#166 of 441
9New Castle, IN56105.4$2.1M+0.5%#169 of 441
10Kendallville, IN55105.5$2M+1.0%#179 of 441
16Vincennes, IN28106.6$1.6M−1.7%#389 of 441

Other business types in the Vincennes area

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in the Vincennes, IN area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 car washes and detailers in the Vincennes area. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.

How much do households in the Vincennes, IN area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $16M a year, or $1,052 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 15,169 households in the Vincennes area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Vincennes, IN area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?

The Vincennes area has 6.6 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.6M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, the Vincennes area would have about 6, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,792 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is the Vincennes, IN area growing?

Population estimates put the Vincennes area at 35,652 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,169 households. The median household income in the Vincennes area is $61,237 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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 Vincennes area scores 28 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #389 of 441 scored small-town markets.

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