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Car washes and detailers in Rusk County, WI

How Rusk County, WI 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

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,092 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
14,146
−0.2% 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

There are no car washes and detailers on map listings in Rusk County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Rusk County would have about 3, against none on map listings.

At $1,092 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in Rusk County spend about $6.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. 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 Rusk County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Rusk County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no car washes and detailers on map listings, Rusk County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Rusk County compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Rusk County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureRusk CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.03.33.8
Spending per listingn/a$3.2M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a9,5006,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.0%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,092$1,061$958
Median household income$59,944$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored74

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
0
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 Rusk 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 Rusk County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,146−0.2% since 2020
Households
6,355
Median age
47.7
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
914 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$59,944+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,376
Median home value
$163,400
Jobs located here
4,892
Daytime population
12,818Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Rusk County marked.

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Walworth County, WI84112.6$4.7M+0.8%#39 of 1,451
2Oconto County, WI8463.6$3.5M+2.9%#40 of 1,451
3Portage County, WI8082.7$4.2M+2.2%#56 of 1,451
4Washington County, WI80193.3$3.5M+1.8%#58 of 1,451
5Dane County, WI78732.9$3.4M+4.9%#77 of 1,451
6Manitowoc County, WI77102.8$3.8M+0.4%#92 of 1,451
7Dunn County, WI7763.4$3.4M+1.7%#95 of 1,451
8Sauk County, WI7593.2$3.5M+1.3%#119 of 1,451
9Marathon County, WI75213.6$3.1M+1.0%#127 of 1,451
10Rock County, WI75253.7$2.9M+1.7%#128 of 1,451
Rusk County, WINot scored00.0n/a−0.2%

Other business types in Rusk County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Rusk County, WI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no car washes and detailers in Rusk County. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Rusk County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Rusk County, WI spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $6.9M a year, or $1,092 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,355 households in Rusk County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Rusk County, WI compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?

Rusk County has no car washes and detailers on map listings. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Rusk County would have about 3, against none on map listings.

How fast is Rusk County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Rusk County at 14,146 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,355 households. Median household income in Rusk County is $59,944, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.1%, 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. Rusk County has no market score for car washes and detailers, having none on map listings.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for car washes and detailers · All 56 business types in Rusk County

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