Medford Car Wash Market Analysis
Medford, OR
Data updated · June 9, 2026
11,376 Google reviews across 157 car washes in 1 Medford counties. Format mix, operator rank, county breakdown, rating vs. income, aspect-level customer signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 157
- 89% independent
- Chains
- 8
- lead: GO Car Wash (4 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.53★
- +0.12 vs national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 1.1%
- 1.5× below national norm
- Cancel friction
- 14.2%
- Top format
- express tunnel
- 42% of classified inventory
- Median single wash
- $10
- range $10–$22
- Median unlimited
- $15/mo
- cheapest $15/mo at GO Car Wash
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 222,563
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 90,679
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 1,418
- 1.4× denser than the national MSA median
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 1.1
- above ~1.0 — contested · classified sites
Key findings
- 157 car wash locations operated by 8 chains and 140 independents across 1 county.
- Weighted Google rating 4.53★ across the market; structural concentration and format mix sit near US-metro norms.
- Built from 11,376 Google reviews, 3,742 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
157 car wash locations across 1 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Medford's car wash market reads as US-metro-typical in shape; the distinctive cuts are at the format and aspect levels. 157 locations across 8 chains and 140 independents, distributed across 1 counties. Distinctive patterns show up below at the format and aspect levels.
Headline numbers sit near US-metro norms: rating 4.53★, damage 1.1%, cancel friction 14.2%. Staff strong (0.88); equipment reliability weak (-0.56). 11,376 Google reviews drive the analysis, 3,742 of them processed through the WashIndex LLM extractor.
Published pricing across the 10 of 158 Medford locations with menus available: median single car wash $10 (range $10–$22), median unlimited membership $15/month (range $15–$99/mo). The cheapest unlimited membership in the metro is $15/mo at GO Car Wash (Tier 4).
See the top car wash chains in Medford
Ranked by location count in the metro
What does a car wash cost in the Medford metro?
Published menu pricing for car washes in the Medford metropolitan area, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. 10 of 158 tracked locations have usable published pricing (6% coverage).
| Cheapest unlimited memberships in Medford | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GO Car Wash Tier 4 | $15 per mo |
| 2 | GO Car Wash Tier 4 | $15 per mo |
| 3 | GO Car Wash Tier 4 | $15 per mo |
| 4 | GO Car Wash Tier 4 | $15 per mo |
| 5 | Quench & Drench Deluxe Wash | $25 per mo |
| Cheapest single car washes in Medford | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GO Car Wash Tier 4 | $10 |
| 2 | GO Car Wash Tier 4 | $10 |
| 3 | GO Car Wash Tier 4 | $10 |
| 4 | GO Car Wash Tier 4 | $10 |
| 5 | Medford Center Car Wash & Detailing Basic Wash | $12 |
Pricing scraped from operator websites where published; the WashIndex AI calling agent rings up locations that don’t publish menus online to capture pricing directly.
The car wash industry in the Medford metro, officially
Low-wageCar-wash wages in the Medford metro run about 100% below the national average ($0 vs. $32,560), across 11 employer establishments and roughly 0 jobs.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, QCEW (private, NAICS 811192). Counts car-wash employer establishments, a narrower universe than all physical wash locations — see methodology.
About the Medford car wash market
How many car washes are in the Medford metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Medford metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Medford?
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What is the average customer rating in the Medford car wash market?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Medford?
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How much does a car wash cost in Medford?
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How much does an unlimited car wash membership cost in Medford?
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What is the cheapest car wash in Medford?
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What kinds of car washes does Medford have?
The table below lists every operating format we classify, with locations, reviews, average rating, damage rate, and membership-cancel friction broken out per format. Medford's mix sits close to the US-metro median shape.
Highest-rated format: Detail Shop at 4.87★ across 8 locations. Lowest-rated: In-Bay Automatic at 4.35★ (5 locations).
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
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| Express Tunnel | 10 | 6.4% | 3,143 | 4.40 | 2.99% | 15.5% |
| Detail Shop | 8 | 5.1% | 573 | 4.87 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| In-Bay Automatic | 5 | 3.2% | 568 | 4.35 | 0.00% | — |
| Full Service | 1 | 0.6% | 463 | 4.70 | 2.17% | — |
What is the household income near Medford car washes?
Each ZIP in Medford is joined to IRS Statistics-of-Income (tax year 2022) and to the per-location Google rating dataset. The scatter below sizes dots by review volume and colors them by format.
Pearson r between ZIP income and Google rating across 53 qualifying locations: 0.02 — effectively zero. Operating quality dominates over neighborhood income. Scatter mean: $69K AGI/return, 4.25★.
Car wash count and quality by income tier
Blue bars: location count per tier. Orange tick marks: average Google rating (same y-axis).
| Income tier (mean AGI/return) | ZIPs | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Top Format |
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| Under $50K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $50K – $75K | 8 | 65 | 5,907 | 4.43 | Express Tunnel (7) |
| $75K – $100K | 2 | 18 | 4,749 | 4.59 | Detail Shop (3) |
| $100K – $150K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $150K+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
Top-tier 0 sites, 0.00★ avg; bottom-tier 0 sites, 0.00★. Across Medford's 53 qualifying locations, the income gradient correlates only weakly with rating — operator execution dominates.
Who operates the most Medford car washes?
The table below ranks the top 25 chains operating in Medford by location count. Each row shows per-chain Google rating, damage rate, and cancel friction — the cleanest side-by-side cut on operator quality in the market.
| # | Chain | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage | Cancel | Upsell |
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| 1 | GO Car Wash | 4 | 1,664 | 4.41 | 3.20% | 19.7% | 1.14% |
| 2 | Shell | 4 | 153 | 3.67 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Crater Car Wash | 2 | 964 | 4.31 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Surf Thru Express Car Wash | 2 | 70 | 3.80 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Chevron | 2 | 60 | 2.87 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Happy's Drive-Thru Car Wash | 1 | 294 | 4.80 | 1.28% | 7.3% | 0.00% |
| 7 | Oilstop Drive Thru Oil Change | 1 | 988 | 4.80 | 0.00% | — | 2.94% |
| 8 | Premier Oil Change | 1 | 806 | 4.70 | 1.25% | — | 4.26% |
Which counties have the most car washes in Medford?
Medford's 157 car washes distribute across 1 counties. Jackson County leads with 158 locations (100.6%). Cross-county rating dispersion is usually narrow at this scale.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Jackson County | 158 | 100.6% | 11,376 | 4.53 |
What do customers love and complain about in Medford?
Reading the aspect grid: numbers above 0.3 are strong positives; numbers below -0.1 indicate meaningful friction; in between is mixed signal. staff is the brightest spot here. equipment reliability is the pain point.
Where are all the car washes in the Medford metro?
Top 25 car washes by review volume in Medford. The full set of 157 is available in the underlying dataset.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
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| Southern Oregon Subaru 3103 Biddle Rd | Medford, OR | — | — | 4.8 | 1,939 | $87K |
| Oilstop Drive-Thru Oil Change + Car Wash 775 Medford Center | Medford, OR | — | Oilstop Drive Thru Oil Change | 4.8 | 988 | $87K |
| Premier Oil change & Car Wash 4537 Biddle Rd | Central Point, OR | — | Premier Oil Change | 4.7 | 806 | $75K |
| GO Car Wash 501 Matt Loop | Medford, OR | Express Tunnel | GO Car Wash | 4.4 | 635 | $56K |
| GO Car Wash 360 S Front St | Central Point, OR | Express Tunnel | GO Car Wash | 4.5 | 598 | $75K |
| Crater Car Wash 3012 Crater Lake Hwy | Medford, OR | Express Tunnel | Crater Car Wash | 4.4 | 545 | $87K |
| Quench & Drench 1024 S Riverside Ave | Medford, OR | Full Service | — | 4.7 | 463 | $56K |
| Crater Car Wash 1134 Court St | Medford, OR | Express Tunnel | Crater Car Wash | 4.2 | 419 | $56K |
| Pennzoil 10 Minute Oil Change 3012 Crater Lake Hwy | Medford, OR | In-Bay Automatic | — | 4.6 | 415 | $87K |
| GO Car Wash 8158 Crater Lake Hwy | White City, OR | Express Tunnel | GO Car Wash | 4.1 | 301 | $52K |
| Happy's Drive-Thru Car Wash 222 Rossanley Dr | Medford, OR | Express Tunnel | Happy's Drive-Thru Car Wash | 4.8 | 294 | $56K |
| Solar Shield 705 Beatty St A | Medford, OR | — | — | 4.9 | 272 | $56K |
| Spray Kleen Auto Wash 5953 Table Rock Rd | Central Point, OR | — | — | 4.1 | 192 | $75K |
| Classic Collision 523 Rossanley Dr | Medford, OR | — | — | 4.5 | 191 | $56K |
| Wash Buggy Auto Spa & Wrap Lab 2718 W Main St | Medford, OR | Detail Shop | — | 4.9 | 185 | $56K |
| Delta Waters Carwash #DIY 1920 Delta Waters Rd | Medford, OR | — | — | 3.5 | 171 | $87K |
| Ashland Buggy Bath 690 Harmony Ln | Ashland, OR | — | — | 3.4 | 171 | $97K |
| Cortes Car Care | , OR | — | — | 5.0 | 153 | — |
| Medford Center Car Wash & Detailing 775 Medford Center | Medford, OR | Express Tunnel | — | 4.4 | 151 | $87K |
| Classic Collision 5262 Crater Lake Ave | Central Point, OR | — | — | 4.5 | 144 | $75K |
| Shinerz Auto Detailing 2831 Bullock Rd | Medford, OR | Detail Shop | — | 4.9 | 134 | $87K |
| GO Car Wash 274 N Ross Ln | Medford, OR | Express Tunnel | GO Car Wash | 4.7 | 130 | $56K |
| Central Point Car Wash 43 S Front St | Central Point, OR | — | — | 3.2 | 126 | $75K |
| Chico's Auto Collision Repair LLC 1127 Court St | Medford, OR | — | — | 4.5 | 109 | $56K |
| Self Car Wash 2060 W Main St #2036 | Medford, OR | — | — | 3.5 | 94 | $56K |
Compare Medford to other OR car wash markets
Each link drills into a full per-metro analysis — operator concentration, format mix, and customer-experience signals against the same methodology.
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Car wash inventory for the Medford, OR CBSA is determined by point-in-polygon test against the official US Census county boundaries (TIGER/Line, 2024) for the 1 counties that make up the MSA. Each location was verified to fall inside one of those county polygons; lat/lng comes from Google Maps metadata.
Operating-quality signals are derived from 3,742 customer reviews processed through WashIndex's 55-field LLM extraction pipeline. Format classification comes from a separate per-location website-reading classifier. ZIP-level income data is from the IRS Statistics of Income (tax year 2022) — mean Adjusted Gross Income per tax return, which is directionally aligned with ACS median household income but available without authentication.
See our full methodology for the extraction pipeline, validation samples, and aggregation logic. Term definitions in the glossary.
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