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Car washes and detailers in Dixon County, NE
How Dixon County, NE 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
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,376 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 5,602
- +0.4% since 2020
See the car washes and detailers around any address in Dixon County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 car washes and detailers in Dixon County. That is 9.1 per 10,000 households.
At $1,376 per household (44% above the U.S. average), households in Dixon County spend about $3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each location on map listings. 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 Dixon County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dixon County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Dixon County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Dixon County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,778 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.1% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,376 | $1,146 | $958 |
| Median household income | $72,454 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
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
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Dixon 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 Dixon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,602+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 2,188
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 476 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $72,454
- Average household income
- $101,351
- Median home value
- $155,900
- Jobs located here
- 1,111
- Daytime population
- 4,037Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Dixon County?
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 70 | 29 | 3.9 | $3.1M | +9.0% | #235 of 1,451 |
| 2Lancaster County, NE | 66 | 62 | 4.6 | $2.3M | +3.4% | #328 of 1,451 |
| 3Cass County, NE | 64 | 5 | 4.6 | $2.9M | +3.9% | #362 of 1,451 |
| 4Dawson County, NE | 63 | 5 | 5.5 | $2.4M | +1.5% | #403 of 1,451 |
| 5Dodge County, NE | 55 | 7 | 4.6 | $2.6M | +2.6% | #593 of 1,451 |
| 6Douglas County, NE | 54 | 101 | 4.2 | $2.4M | +3.6% | #629 of 1,451 |
| 7Buffalo County, NE | 51 | 10 | 5.0 | $2.4M | +1.9% | #702 of 1,451 |
| 8Lincoln County, NE | 48 | 7 | 4.7 | $2.5M | −3.6% | #771 of 1,451 |
| 9Platte County, NE | 46 | 8 | 5.9 | $2M | +3.9% | #830 of 1,451 |
| 10Scotts Bluff County, NE | 39 | 7 | 4.6 | $2.4M | −1.3% | #1,002 of 1,451 |
| Dixon County, NE | Not scored | 2 | 9.1 | $1.5M | +0.4% |
Other business types in Dixon County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Dixon County, NE?
There are 2 car washes and detailers on map listings in Dixon County as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Dixon County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Dixon County, NE spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $3M a year, or $1,376 per household. That is 44% above the U.S. average (an index of 144, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per location. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,188 households in Dixon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dixon County, NE compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Dixon County has 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Dixon County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Dixon County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Dixon County at 5,602 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,188 households. Median household income in Dixon County is $72,454, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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