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Car washes and detailers in the Somerset, PA area
How the Somerset, PA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #172 of 441 scored small-town markets
#5 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $894 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 72,004
- −2.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $894 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Somerset area spend about $26.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each location on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
The Somerset area has 10 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Somerset area classed as car washes. That is one for every 9,781 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Somerset area declined 2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Somerset area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #172 of 441 scored small-town markets and #5 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania.
How the Somerset area compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Somerset area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,781 | 8,399 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.0% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $894 | $837 | $958 |
| Median household income | $61,446 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $408K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 the Somerset 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 Somerset area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,004−2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 29,344
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,075 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $61,446+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,574
- Median home value
- $150,600
- Jobs located here
- 23,480
- Daytime population
- 64,960Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1East Stroudsburg, PA | 72 | 15 | 2.5 | $3.9M | −0.7% | #65 of 441 |
| 2Sayre, PA | 58 | 8 | 3.3 | $2.7M | −0.6% | #149 of 441 |
| 3Lock Haven, PA | 56 | 5 | 3.2 | $2.7M | +1.3% | #164 of 441 |
| 4Lewistown, PA | 55 | 5 | 2.7 | $3.1M | 0.0% | #171 of 441 |
| 5Somerset, PA | 55 | 10 | 3.4 | $2.6M | −2.7% | #172 of 441 |
| 6Pottsville, PA | 53 | 26 | 4.5 | $2M | +1.5% | #193 of 441 |
| 7Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 49 | 10 | 3.8 | $2.3M | +2.3% | #224 of 441 |
| 8Hermitage, PA | 48 | 16 | 3.4 | $2.3M | −2.4% | #231 of 441 |
| 9Sunbury, PA | 44 | 20 | 4.4 | $1.9M | −1.7% | #271 of 441 |
| 10Bradford, PA | 35 | 5 | 3.1 | $2.5M | −3.5% | #336 of 441 |
Other business types in the Somerset area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care32
- Auto repair shops21
- Collision repair and body shops39
- Car washes and detailing55
- Tire shops35
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations46
- Insurance agencies45
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 the Somerset, PA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 car washes and detailers in the Somerset area. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in the Somerset, PA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $26.2M a year, or $894 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 29,344 households in the Somerset area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Somerset, PA area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Somerset area has 3.4 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.6M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,781 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is the Somerset, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Somerset area at 72,004 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 29,344 households. The median household income in the Somerset area is $61,446 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. 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 Somerset area scores 55 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #172 of 441 scored small-town markets.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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