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Car washes and detailers in the Huron, SD area
How the Huron, SD 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,190 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,624
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 car washes and detailers in the Huron area. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.3, 39% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $1,190 per household (24% above the U.S. average), households in the Huron area spend about $9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 4 car washes and detailers, that is $2.2M per location, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in the Huron area in 2023. That is one for every 2,512 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Huron area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 car washes and detailers on map listings, the Huron area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Huron area compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Huron area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 4.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,512 | 5,712 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.3% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,190 | $1,189 | $958 |
| Median household income | $67,681 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $77K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Huron 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 Huron area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,624+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,536
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,259 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $67,681
- Average household income
- $86,374
- Median home value
- $175,100
- Jobs located here
- 8,288
- Daytime population
- 18,287Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brookings, SD | 78 | 7 | 5.1 | $2.3M | +9.6% | #25 of 441 |
| 2Yankton, SD | 55 | 6 | 6.2 | $1.9M | +1.5% | #181 of 441 |
| 3Watertown, SD | 54 | 8 | 6.4 | $1.8M | +4.3% | #186 of 441 |
| 4Spearfish, SD | 52 | 7 | 5.8 | $2M | +14.0% | #206 of 441 |
| 5Pierre, SD | 45 | 5 | 5.9 | $1.9M | −0.5% | #262 of 441 |
| 6Aberdeen, SD | 41 | 11 | 6.1 | $1.8M | −1.5% | #297 of 441 |
| 7Mitchell, SD | 35 | 10 | 9.1 | $1.3M | +0.6% | #343 of 441 |
| Huron, SD | Not scored | 4 | 5.3 | $2.2M | +2.4% |
Other business types in the Huron area
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 the Huron, SD area?
There are 4 car washes and detailers on map listings in the Huron area as of September 2026. 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 Huron, SD area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $9M a year, or $1,190 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 7,536 households in the Huron area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Huron, SD area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Huron area has 5.3 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.2M, 11% below 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 2,512 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is the Huron, SD area growing?
Population estimates put the Huron area at 19,624 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,536 households. Median household income in the Huron area is $67,681, 16% 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. 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 Huron area has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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