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Car washes and detailers in Willacy County, TX
How Willacy County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 10 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,428 of 1,451 scored counties
#97 of 102 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $849 a household
- Spending per listing
- $805K
- 68% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,971
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in Willacy County is 10 (low), #1,428 of 1,451 scored counties and #97 of 102 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Willacy County spend about $4.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $849 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $805K of household spending for each location on map listings, 68% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
There are 6 car washes and detailers on map listings in Willacy County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 10.5 per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Willacy County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Willacy County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Willacy County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Willacy County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $805K | $2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,916 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.8% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $849 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $54,180 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 10 | 35 |
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
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Willacy 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 Willacy County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,971−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,691
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 591 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $54,180+52.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,310
- Median home value
- $73,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,193
- Daytime population
- 16,399Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cooke County, TX | 79 | 5 | 3.0 | $3.4M | +6.5% | #65 of 1,451 |
| 2Wilson County, TX | 79 | 8 | 4.4 | $2.6M | +12.2% | #72 of 1,451 |
| 3Van Zandt County, TX | 78 | 7 | 3.1 | $3.3M | +10.7% | #81 of 1,451 |
| 4Guadalupe County, TX | 76 | 19 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +15.8% | #108 of 1,451 |
| 5Fort Bend County, TX | 76 | 96 | 3.3 | $3.2M | +17.4% | #110 of 1,451 |
| 6Wise County, TX | 76 | 12 | 4.8 | $2.4M | +21.5% | #115 of 1,451 |
| 7Grayson County, TX | 74 | 20 | 3.6 | $2.6M | +12.8% | #145 of 1,451 |
| 8Wood County, TX | 73 | 6 | 3.2 | $3M | +10.3% | #165 of 1,451 |
| 9Walker County, TX | 72 | 6 | 2.3 | $3.5M | +9.5% | #176 of 1,451 |
| 10Hunt County, TX | 72 | 13 | 3.4 | $2.9M | +23.0% | #183 of 1,451 |
| 97Willacy County, TX | 10 | 6 | 10.5 | $805K | −0.8% | #1,428 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Willacy 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 Willacy County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 car washes and detailers in Willacy County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Willacy County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Willacy County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.8M a year, or $849 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $805K 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 5,691 households in Willacy County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Willacy County, TX compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Willacy County has 10.5 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $805K, 68% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Willacy County would have about 2, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Willacy County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Willacy County at 19,971 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,691 households. The median household income in Willacy County is $54,180 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 52.5% 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. Willacy County scores 10 for car washes and detailers (low), #1,428 of 1,451 scored counties.
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