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Car washes and detailers in Chickasaw County, IA

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,272 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
11,663
−2.8% 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

There are no car washes and detailers on map listings in Chickasaw County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Chickasaw County would have about 3, against none on map listings.

Households in Chickasaw County spend about $6.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,272 per household, 33% above the U.S. average. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Chickasaw County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Chickasaw County declined 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no car washes and detailers on map listings, Chickasaw County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Chickasaw 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 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 Chickasaw County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureChickasaw CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.05.13.8
Spending per listingn/a$2.2M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,3576,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.1%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,272$1,134$958
Median household income$75,675$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored34

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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Chickasaw 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 Chickasaw County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,663−2.8% since 2020
Households
4,997
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
504 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$75,675+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,114
Median home value
$182,600
Jobs located here
4,976
Daytime population
10,766Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Iowa

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

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, IA9652.4$5.2M+9.0%#1 of 1,451
2Marion County, IA6086.0$2.1M+2.3%#474 of 1,451
3Story County, IA59153.9$2.8M+2.7%#481 of 1,451
4Johnson County, IA59304.7$2.2M+4.6%#501 of 1,451
5Dallas County, IA59276.4$1.9M+17.8%#505 of 1,451
6Jasper County, IA5853.3$3.6M+0.9%#507 of 1,451
7Sioux County, IA5175.5$2.4M+2.5%#700 of 1,451
8Clinton County, IA51105.1$2.2M−0.9%#707 of 1,451
9Polk County, IA481125.5$2M+4.8%#785 of 1,451
10Des Moines County, IA4563.5$3M−2.0%#843 of 1,451
Chickasaw County, IANot scored00.0n/a−2.8%

Other business types in Chickasaw County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Chickasaw County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no car washes and detailers in Chickasaw County. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Chickasaw County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Chickasaw County, IA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $6.4M a year, or $1,272 per household. That is 33% above the U.S. average (an index of 133, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,997 households in Chickasaw County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Chickasaw County has no car washes and detailers on map listings. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Chickasaw County would have about 3, against none on map listings.

How fast is Chickasaw County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Chickasaw County at 11,663 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,997 households. Median household income in Chickasaw County is $75,675, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.1%, 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. Chickasaw County has no market score for car washes and detailers, having none on map listings.

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 Chickasaw County

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