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Tire shops in Clayton County, IA
How Clayton County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for tire 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
- $8.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,140 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 16,845
- −1.1% since 2020
See the tire shops around any address in Clayton County
The site report maps the tire shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Clayton County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Clayton County comes to about $8.6M a year: $1,140 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That works out to $8.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Clayton County has 1 tire shop on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for tire dealers in Clayton County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clayton County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 tire shop on map listings, Clayton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Clayton 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 tire 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.
| Measure | Clayton County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $8.6M | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,139 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,140 | $1,134 | $958 |
| Median household income | $67,242 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
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
- 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 tire dealers in Clayton 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 Clayton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,845−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,509
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 779 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $67,242+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,441
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 6,129
- Daytime population
- 14,966Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Clayton County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the tire shops on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for tire shops, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Clayton County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 91 | 8 | 1.9 | $6.4M | +17.8% | #8 of 1,530 |
| 2Black Hawk County, IA | 71 | 16 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +0.4% | #241 of 1,530 |
| 3Woodbury County, IA | 70 | 13 | 3.2 | $3.5M | +0.7% | #271 of 1,530 |
| 4Johnson County, IA | 70 | 20 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +4.6% | #273 of 1,530 |
| 5Story County, IA | 69 | 14 | 3.6 | $3M | +2.7% | #309 of 1,530 |
| 6Polk County, IA | 66 | 80 | 3.9 | $2.8M | +4.8% | #378 of 1,530 |
| 7Boone County, IA | 66 | 5 | 4.6 | $2.7M | +0.4% | #379 of 1,530 |
| 8Sioux County, IA | 63 | 8 | 6.3 | $2.1M | +2.5% | #456 of 1,530 |
| 9Clinton County, IA | 61 | 6 | 3.1 | $3.7M | −0.9% | #485 of 1,530 |
| 10Dubuque County, IA | 61 | 17 | 4.1 | $2.6M | +0.1% | #495 of 1,530 |
| Clayton County, IA | Not scored | 1 | 1.3 | $8.6M | −1.1% |
Other business types in Clayton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in Clayton County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 tire shop in Clayton County. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. No official count is published for tire dealers in Clayton County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Clayton County, IA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $8.6M a year, or $1,140 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 tire shop on map listings, it comes to $8.6M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which tire shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,509 households in Clayton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clayton County, IA compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Clayton County has 1 tire shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Clayton County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Clayton County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Clayton County at 16,845 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,509 households. The median household income in Clayton County is $67,242 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Clayton County has no market score for tire shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Clayton County. It maps the tire shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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