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Collision repair and body shops in the Hemlock Farms, PA area

How the Hemlock Farms, PA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for collision repair and body shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 82 out of 100: High

Ranked #10 of 387 scored small-town markets
#1 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$22.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $945 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
49% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.1
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
62,808
+7.2% 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

The Groundwork market score for collision repair and body shops in the Hemlock Farms area is 82 (high), #10 of 387 scored small-town markets and #1 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for collision repair and body shops.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Hemlock Farms area comes to about $22.9M a year: $945 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $4.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 49% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only collision repair and body shops.

There are 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings in the Hemlock Farms area as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 14% across the U.S. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 3.1.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Hemlock Farms area classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair. That is one for every 6,066 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Hemlock Farms area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Hemlock Farms 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 collision repair and body shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Collision repair and body shops in Hemlock Farms, PA area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureHemlock Farms areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.13.43.1
Spending per listing$4.6M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment6,0663,4433,689
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.0%−0.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.2%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$945$837$958
Median household income$81,323$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score8217

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$607K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 automotive body, paint and interior repair in the Hemlock Farms 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 Hemlock Farms area

Population, 2025 estimate
62,808+7.2% since 2020
Households
24,262
Median age
48.2
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
545 sq. mi.
People per square mile
111
Median household income
$81,323
Average household income
$103,925
Median home value
$272,600
Jobs located here
11,281
Daytime population
47,601Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Collision repair and body shops across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Pennsylvania for collision repair and body shops, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Hemlock Farms area marked.

Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania

Small-town markets in Pennsylvania ranked for collision repair and body shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hemlock Farms, PA8252.1$4.6M+7.2%#10 of 387
2Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA6372.7$3.3M+2.3%#100 of 387
3Sunbury, PA50122.6$3.2M−1.7%#184 of 387
4Pottsville, PA43193.3$2.7M+1.5%#249 of 387
5Somerset, PA39103.4$2.6M−2.7%#274 of 387
6Meadville, PA37103.0$2.7M−2.4%#289 of 387
7Warren, PA3663.7$2.3M−3.8%#295 of 387
8Huntingdon, PA3684.9$2M−2.4%#299 of 387
9Indiana, PA33123.7$2.3M−0.3%#310 of 387
10East Stroudsburg, PA31274.4$2.2M−0.7%#320 of 387

Other business types in the Hemlock Farms area

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

Questions

How many collision repair and body shops are in the Hemlock Farms, PA area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 collision repair and body shops in the Hemlock Farms area. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count collision repair and auto body shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as automotive body, paint and interior repair in 2023.

How much do households in the Hemlock Farms, PA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $22.9M a year, or $945 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 collision repair and body shops on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which collision repair and body shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,262 households in the Hemlock Farms area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hemlock Farms, PA area compare with the U.S. for collision repair and body shops?

The Hemlock Farms area has 2.1 collision repair and body shops per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 3.1. Spending per shop is $4.6M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of collision repair and body shops to household spending, the Hemlock Farms area would have about 7, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,066 households, against one for every 3,689 across the U.S.

How fast is the Hemlock Farms, PA area growing?

Population estimates put the Hemlock Farms area at 62,808 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,262 households. Median household income in the Hemlock Farms area is $81,323, in line with 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 Hemlock Farms area scores 82 for collision repair and body shops (high), #10 of 387 scored small-town markets.

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