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Tire shops in the Lock Haven, PA area
How the Lock Haven, PA area compares with other small-town markets 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 3 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $868 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,870
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 tire shops in the Lock Haven area. That comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Lock Haven area comes to about $13.4M a year: $868 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 34% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which tire shops share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Lock Haven area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 5,141 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lock Haven area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 tire shops on map listings, the Lock Haven area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Lock Haven area 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 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 | Lock Haven area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,141 | 7,536 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.1% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $868 | $837 | $958 |
| Median household income | $60,816 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $571K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 43 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 the Lock Haven 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 Lock Haven area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,870+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,424
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 890 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $60,816+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,923
- Median home value
- $175,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,199
- Daytime population
- 34,134Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hemlock Farms, PA | 80 | 7 | 2.9 | $3.3M | +7.2% | #24 of 431 |
| 2Sunbury, PA | 59 | 13 | 2.8 | $3M | −1.7% | #150 of 431 |
| 3Pottsville, PA | 57 | 20 | 3.4 | $2.6M | +1.5% | #162 of 431 |
| 4DuBois, PA | 55 | 11 | 3.4 | $2.6M | −2.9% | #175 of 431 |
| 5Indiana, PA | 49 | 10 | 3.1 | $2.7M | −0.3% | #221 of 431 |
| 6Hermitage, PA | 49 | 14 | 3.0 | $2.6M | −2.4% | #222 of 431 |
| 7Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 44 | 13 | 4.9 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #267 of 431 |
| 8Meadville, PA | 42 | 15 | 4.4 | $1.8M | −2.4% | #284 of 431 |
| 9Selinsgrove, PA | 40 | 9 | 6.2 | $1.6M | −0.2% | #299 of 431 |
| 10Warren, PA | 39 | 5 | 3.1 | $2.7M | −3.8% | #301 of 431 |
| Lock Haven, PA | Not scored | 4 | 2.6 | $3.3M | +1.3% |
Other business types in the Lock Haven area
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 the Lock Haven, PA area?
There are 4 tire shops on map listings in the Lock Haven area as of September 2026. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in the Lock Haven, PA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $13.4M a year, or $868 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,424 households in the Lock Haven area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lock Haven, PA area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
The Lock Haven area has 2.6 tire shops per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Lock Haven area would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,141 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lock Haven, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Lock Haven area at 37,870 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,424 households. Median household income in the Lock Haven area is $60,816, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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 Lock Haven area has no market score for tire shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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