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Car washes and detailers in the Othello, WA area

How the Othello, WA 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,254 a household
Spending per listing
$7.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
21,488
+4.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Othello area comes to about $7.9M a year: $1,254 per household, 31% above the U.S. average. That works out to $7.9M per location. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

There is 1 car wash or detailer on map listings in the Othello area as of September 2026. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in the Othello area, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Othello area grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, the Othello area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Othello area compares

The same measures for Washington 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.

Car washes and detailing in Othello, WA area compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureOthello areaWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.62.83.8
Spending per listing$7.9M$3.9M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a7,1616,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.1%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.3%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,254$1,104$958
Median household income$66,136$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored80

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 the Othello 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 Othello area

Population, 2025 estimate
21,488+4.3% since 2020
Households
6,288
Median age
29.6
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
1,925 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$66,136+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,806
Median home value
$273,300
Jobs located here
8,184
Daytime population
20,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Washington

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Othello area marked.

Top small-town markets in Washington

Small-town markets in Washington ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Centralia, WA8992.7$4.5M+6.7%#2 of 441
2Ellensburg, WA8152.5$4.8M+4.2%#15 of 441
3Port Angeles, WA7682.3$4.6M+1.1%#30 of 441
4Moses Lake, WA76205.7$2.1M+6.3%#41 of 441
5Oak Harbor, WA74102.8$4.2M−1.5%#51 of 441
Othello, WANot scored11.6$7.9M+4.3%

Other business types in the Othello area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in the Othello, WA area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 car wash or detailer in the Othello area. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in the Othello area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Othello, WA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $7.9M a year, or $1,254 per household. That is 31% above the U.S. average (an index of 131, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, it comes to $7.9M 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 6,288 households in the Othello area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Othello, WA area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?

The Othello area 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, the Othello area would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is the Othello, WA area growing?

Population estimates put the Othello area at 21,488 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,288 households. The median household income in the Othello area is $66,136 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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 Othello area has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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