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Tire shops in Fayette County, IA
The tire shops in Fayette County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #959 of 1,530 scored counties
#21 of 33 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,144 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,047
- −2.1% since 2020
See the tire shops around any address in Fayette County
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What this means
Households in Fayette County spend about $9.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,144 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. Spread across 5 tire shops, that is $1.9M per shop, 24% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Fayette County has 5 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.0, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for tire dealers in Fayette County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Fayette County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Fayette County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #959 of 1,530 scored counties and #21 of 33 scored counties in Iowa.
How Fayette 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 | Fayette County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $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 | −2.1% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,144 | $1,134 | $958 |
| Median household income | $60,165 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 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
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,047−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 8,342
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 731 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $60,165+17.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,301
- Median home value
- $136,800
- Jobs located here
- 7,115
- Daytime population
- 16,988Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Fayette 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 Fayette 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 |
| 21Fayette County, IA | 43 | 5 | 6.0 | $1.9M | −2.1% | #959 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Fayette 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 Fayette County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 tire shops in Fayette County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. No official count is published for tire dealers in Fayette County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Fayette County, IA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $9.5M a year, or $1,144 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 8,342 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, IA compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Fayette County has 6.0 tire shops per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Fayette County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Fayette County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 19,047 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,342 households. The median household income in Fayette County is $60,165 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.7% 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. Fayette County scores 43 for tire shops (lower middle), #959 of 1,530 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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