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Car washes and detailers in Wayne County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in Wayne County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $823 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 19,807
- 0.0% since 2020
See the car washes and detailers around any address in Wayne County
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What this means
Households in Wayne County spend about $6.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $823 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.3M per location. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Wayne County has 1 car wash or detailer on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Wayne County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Wayne County held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, Wayne County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Wayne County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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.
| Measure | Wayne County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $6.3M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 11,014 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.4% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $823 | $890 | $958 |
| Median household income | $37,619 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,8070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 7,681
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 811 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $37,619−0.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,777
- Median home value
- $91,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,625
- Daytime population
- 16,686Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Wayne County?
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Wayne County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lafayette County, MS | 73 | 5 | 2.6 | $3.5M | +6.6% | #160 of 1,451 |
| 2DeSoto County, MS | 70 | 27 | 3.8 | $2.7M | +6.3% | #241 of 1,451 |
| 3Madison County, MS | 51 | 19 | 4.3 | $2.2M | +6.5% | #704 of 1,451 |
| 4Jackson County, MS | 50 | 26 | 4.5 | $2M | +3.0% | #729 of 1,451 |
| 5Hancock County, MS | 47 | 8 | 4.0 | $2.4M | +1.6% | #801 of 1,451 |
| 6Rankin County, MS | 46 | 26 | 4.3 | $2.3M | +3.2% | #825 of 1,451 |
| 7Lamar County, MS | 46 | 13 | 5.1 | $1.8M | +4.7% | #833 of 1,451 |
| 8Harrison County, MS | 46 | 40 | 4.8 | $1.8M | +4.0% | #834 of 1,451 |
| 9Monroe County, MS | 43 | 5 | 3.6 | $2.6M | −2.4% | #896 of 1,451 |
| 10Jones County, MS | 38 | 9 | 3.6 | $2.4M | −1.0% | #1,024 of 1,451 |
| Wayne County, MS | Not scored | 1 | 1.3 | $6.3M | 0.0% |
Other business types in Wayne County
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 car washes and detailers are in Wayne County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 car wash or detailer in Wayne County. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Wayne County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wayne County, MS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $6.3M a year, or $823 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, it comes to $6.3M 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 7,681 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wayne County, MS compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Wayne County has 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Wayne County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Wayne County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Wayne County at 19,807 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,681 households. The median household income in Wayne County is $37,619 a year, 53% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 0.2% 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. Wayne County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Wayne County. It maps the car washes and detailers on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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