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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Clinton, IA area

How the Clinton, IA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops: 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
$22M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,126 a household
Spending per listing
$22M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
46,002
−0.9% 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

At $1,126 per household (18% above the U.S. average), households in the Clinton area spend about $22M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $22M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops.

The Clinton area has 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for oil change and lubrication shops in the Clinton area, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $60K has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Clinton area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Clinton area declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, the Clinton area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Clinton area compares

The same measures for Iowa and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the oil change and quick-lube 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.

Oil change and quick lube in Clinton, IA area compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureClinton areaIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.50.40.7
Spending per listing$22M$25.3M$13.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a23,49514,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.7%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,126$1,134$958
Median household income$66,981$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored77

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
2The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$60K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Clinton 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 Clinton area

Population, 2025 estimate
46,002−0.9% since 2020
Households
19,506
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
695 sq. mi.
People per square mile
67
Median household income
$66,981+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,373
Median home value
$160,600
Jobs located here
19,215
Daytime population
42,953Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Questions

How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in the Clinton, IA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 oil change or quick-lube shop in the Clinton area. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in the Clinton area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Clinton, IA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $22M a year, or $1,126 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, it comes to $22M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,506 households in the Clinton area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Clinton, IA area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

The Clinton area has 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Clinton area would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is the Clinton, IA area growing?

Population estimates put the Clinton area at 46,002 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,506 households. Median household income in the Clinton area is $66,981, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.6%, 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 Clinton area has no market score for oil change and quick-lube shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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