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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Clinton County, IA

How Clinton County, IA compares with other counties 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 oil change or quick-lube shop in Clinton County. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.

At $1,126 per household (18% above the U.S. average), households in Clinton County spend about $22M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $22M of household spending for each shop on map listings. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Clinton County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $60K has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Clinton County.

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

How Clinton County 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 County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureClinton CountyIowaU.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 Clinton 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 Clinton County

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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Oil change and quick lube across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Clinton County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Polk County, IA80110.5$20.1M+4.8%#7 of 479
2Linn County, IA6960.6$17.5M+0.7%#78 of 479
3Scott County, IA5350.7$15.5M+0.4%#223 of 479
Clinton County, IANot scored10.5$22M−0.9%

Other business types in Clinton County

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

Questions

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

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

How much do households in Clinton County, IA 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. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,506 households in Clinton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

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

How fast is Clinton County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Clinton County at 46,002 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,506 households. The median household income in Clinton County is $66,981 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.6% 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. Clinton County 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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How the score works · Top markets for oil change and quick-lube shops · All 56 business types in Clinton County

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