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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Carbon County, PA

How Carbon County, PA 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
$24.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $909 a household
Spending per listing
$24.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
65,868
+1.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 oil change or quick-lube shop in Carbon County. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

Households in Carbon County spend about $24.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $909 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $24.8M per shop. 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 Carbon County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carbon County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, Carbon County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Carbon County 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 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 Carbon County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureCarbon CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.40.7
Spending per listing$24.8M$21.2M$13.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a25,11814,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.7%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$909$837$958
Median household income$67,554$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored55

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
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Carbon 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 Carbon County

Population, 2025 estimate
65,868+1.7% since 2020
Households
27,255
Median age
45.6
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
381 sq. mi.
People per square mile
171
Median household income
$67,554+18.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,706
Median home value
$211,400
Jobs located here
15,436
Daytime population
50,450Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Pennsylvania

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

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chester County, PA8190.4$23.4M+4.2%#5 of 479
2Montgomery County, PA73140.4$22.8M+2.4%#41 of 479
3Bucks County, PA72100.4$25.4M+0.3%#46 of 479
4Lehigh County, PA7250.3$25.3M+2.7%#47 of 479
5York County, PA7290.5$19.5M+3.6%#48 of 479
6Lancaster County, PA7080.4$24.2M+1.9%#66 of 479
7Cumberland County, PA6860.6$16.3M+6.5%#89 of 479
8Berks County, PA6570.4$21.5M+2.7%#109 of 479
9Luzerne County, PA6260.4$18M+2.1%#136 of 479
10Philadelphia County, PA6190.1$38.8M−1.6%#140 of 479
Carbon County, PANot scored10.4$24.8M+1.7%

Other business types in Carbon 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 Carbon County, PA?

There is 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings in Carbon County 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 Carbon County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Carbon County, PA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $24.8M a year, or $909 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, it comes to $24.8M 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 27,255 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Carbon 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, Carbon County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Carbon County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Carbon County at 65,868 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,255 households. The median household income in Carbon County is $67,554 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.5% 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. Carbon 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.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for oil change and quick-lube shops · All 56 business types in Carbon County

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