Williamsport Car Wash Market Analysis
Williamsport, PA
Data updated · May 22, 2026
A read of Williamsport's car wash market built from 3,644 Google reviews across 45 locations. Format mix, operator rank, county breakdown, rating vs. income, aspect-level customer signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 45
- 89% independent
- Chains
- 2
- lead: Sheetz (4 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.14★
- -0.27 vs national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 1.5%
- near national MSA norm
- Cancel friction
- 33.3%
- Top format
- in-bay automatic
- 46% of classified inventory
- Median single wash
- $14
- range $14–$14
- Median unlimited
- $20/mo
- cheapest $19.95/mo at The Car Wash at Faxon
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 113,570
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 46,201
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 2,524
- 1.3× the national MSA median — lighter supply
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 0.4
- below the ~0.5 expandable band · classified sites
Key findings
- 45 car wash locations operated by 2 chains and 40 independents across 1 county.
- Weighted Google rating 4.14★ across the market; structural concentration and format mix sit near US-metro norms.
- Built from 3,644 Google reviews, 594 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
45 car wash locations across 1 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Williamsport reads as a balanced car wash market — neither sharply consolidated nor unusually fragmented. 45 locations across 2 chains and 40 independents, distributed across 1 counties. Distinctive patterns show up below at the format and aspect levels.
Headline numbers sit near US-metro norms: rating 4.14★, damage 1.5%, cancel friction 33.3%. Staff strong (0.76); equipment reliability weak (-0.74). 3,644 Google reviews drive the analysis, 594 of them processed through the WashIndex LLM extractor.
Published pricing across the 3 of 46 Williamsport locations with menus available: median single car wash $14 (range $14–$14), median unlimited membership $20/month (range $19.95–$39.95/mo). The cheapest unlimited membership in the metro is $19.95/mo at The Car Wash at Faxon (Basic).
See the top car wash chains in Williamsport
Ranked by location count in the metro
What does a car wash cost in the Williamsport metro?
Published menu pricing for car washes in the Williamsport metropolitan area, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. 3 of 46 tracked locations have usable published pricing (7% coverage).
| Cheapest unlimited memberships in Williamsport | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Car Wash at Faxon Basic | $19.95 per mo |
| 2 | Shore Car Wash Express Monthly Wash Pass | $20 per mo |
| 3 | Ultimate Express Car and Pet Wash Unlimited Ultimate Plus | $39.95 per mo |
| Cheapest single car washes in Williamsport | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ultimate Express Car and Pet Wash Ultimate Car Wash | $14 |
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.
About the Williamsport car wash market
How many car washes are in the Williamsport metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Williamsport metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Williamsport?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Williamsport?
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How much does a car wash cost in Williamsport?
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How much does an unlimited car wash membership cost in Williamsport?
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What kinds of car washes does Williamsport have?
The format mix in Williamsport reads as a typical mid-market US metro — express tunnels and detail shops carrying the bulk of supply, with full-service and self-serve layered in. The bar chart pairs location count with per-format average rating.
Highest-rated format: Detail Shop at 4.89★ across 4 locations. Lowest-rated: Self-Serve Bay at 3.80★ (1 locations).
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
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| In-Bay Automatic | 6 | 13.3% | 1,985 | 4.02 | 3.50% | 33.3% |
| Detail Shop | 4 | 8.9% | 286 | 4.89 | 0.00% | — |
| Express Tunnel | 2 | 4.4% | 245 | 4.16 | 2.94% | 100.0% |
| Self-Serve Bay | 1 | 2.2% | 109 | 3.80 | 0.00% | — |
What is the household income near Williamsport car washes?
25 Williamsport car washes with at least 10 Google reviews are plotted below against the mean IRS AGI per return for their ZIP. The Pearson correlation we compute is one of the cleanest cuts on whether neighborhood income meaningfully shapes wash quality here.
Pearson r between ZIP income and Google rating across 25 qualifying locations: 0.00 — effectively zero. Operating quality dominates over neighborhood income. Scatter mean: $71K AGI/return, 4.19★.
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 | 7 | 32 | 3,238 | 4.13 | In-Bay Automatic (6) |
| $75K – $100K | 1 | 7 | 381 | 4.17 | Detail Shop (2) |
| $100K – $150K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $150K+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
The highest-income tier ($150K+) contains 0 car washes across 0 ZIPs at 0.00★, against 0 sites across 0 ZIPs at 0.00★ in the lowest. Middle-income tiers typically host the densest express-tunnel concentrations — the part of the income curve where that format's unit economics are strongest.
Who operates the most Williamsport car washes?
2 chains alongside 40 independents make up Williamsport's car wash supply. The chain rank below shows the multi-location operators' position; the per-location detail near the bottom of the page captures the independent layer.
| # | Chain | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage | Cancel | Upsell |
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| 1 | Sheetz | 4 | 1,717 | 4.02 | 0.00% | — | 0.00% |
| 2 | Ultimate Express Car Wash | 1 | 201 | 4.30 | — | — | — |
Which counties have the most car washes in Williamsport?
The table below splits the metro's car wash inventory across the 1 counties of the Williamsport, PA CBSA, with location count, total reviews, and weighted-average rating per county.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Lycoming County | 46 | 102.2% | 3,644 | 4.14 |
What do customers love and complain about in Williamsport?
The aspect grid below summarizes 594 AI-extracted reviews across 45 Williamsport car wash locations. Each aspect lands on a -1…+1 scale (negative = customers complain more than they praise; positive = the reverse).
Where are all the car washes in the Williamsport metro?
45 car washes are tracked in Williamsport; below is the top of the list by Google review count. Locations with fewer than 10 reviews are excluded from the rating column.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
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| Sheetz 330 Westminster Dr | Williamsport, PA | In-Bay Automatic | Sheetz | 4.2 | 1,261 | $63K |
| The Car Wash at Faxon 18 Liberty Ln | Williamsport, PA | In-Bay Automatic | — | 4.0 | 235 | $63K |
| Sheetz 105 Maynard St | Williamsport, PA | In-Bay Automatic | Sheetz | 3.2 | 234 | $63K |
| Blue Lion Car Wash 810 Washington Blvd | Williamsport, PA | — | — | 3.9 | 226 | $63K |
| Ultimate Express Car and Pet Wash 1112 Washington Blvd | Williamsport, PA | Express Tunnel | Ultimate Express Car Wash | 4.3 | 201 | $63K |
| Mazzullo's Premier Auto Spa 433 W 3rd St | Williamsport, PA | Detail Shop | — | 4.9 | 194 | $63K |
| Penton Automotive 579 Old US Hwy 220 | Jersey Shore, PA | — | — | 4.8 | 121 | $62K |
| Sheetz 7775 US-220 | Linden, PA | In-Bay Automatic | Sheetz | 3.8 | 117 | $62K |
| Keisers Auto Detailing 866 Fairfield Rd | Montoursville, PA | — | — | 5.0 | 114 | $90K |
| Early Bird Carwash 89 Maynard St | Williamsport, PA | Self-Serve Bay | — | 3.8 | 109 | $63K |
| Sheetz 45 Muncy Creek Blvd | Muncy, PA | In-Bay Automatic | Sheetz | 4.0 | 105 | $75K |
| The Carwash At Broad Street 115 Broad St | Montoursville, PA | — | — | 3.1 | 95 | $90K |
| Montoursville Laser Wash 629 N Loyalsock Ave | Montoursville, PA | — | — | 3.5 | 81 | $90K |
| Muncy CarWash 181 E Water St | Muncy, PA | — | — | 3.8 | 77 | $75K |
| Sweitzer's Auto Sales 321 N Main St | Jersey Shore, PA | — | — | 4.1 | 69 | $62K |
| CS Detailing, LLC (Ceramic Coating | Auto Detailing) 339 E Water St | Hughesville, PA | — | — | 5.0 | 64 | $66K |
| Wave Detail Co. | Premium Detailing and Ceramic Coatings 190 Broad St | Montoursville, PA | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 63 | $90K |
| Shore Car Wash 1200 Allegheny St | Jersey Shore, PA | Express Tunnel | — | 3.5 | 44 | $62K |
| Mo's Carpet Shampooing Services & Auto Detailing 414 E Central Ave | South Williamsport, PA | — | — | 5.0 | 43 | $61K |
| Broad Street Carwash 190 Broad St | Montgomery, PA | In-Bay Automatic | — | 3.8 | 33 | $61K |
| Right-A-Way Auto Detail 1631 PA-405 | Hughesville, PA | — | — | 4.7 | 30 | $66K |
| Blaise Alexander Car Wash 221 Alexander Dr | Muncy, PA | — | — | 3.8 | 19 | $75K |
| Sunset Detailing LLC 50 Griffith Rd | Muncy, PA | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 19 | $75K |
| iClean Automotive | , PA | — | — | 5.0 | 12 | — |
| Superior Auto Detailing 1025 Carey Hill Rd | Montoursville, PA | — | — | 4.7 | 11 | $90K |
Compare Williamsport to other PA car wash markets
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WashIndex. (2026, May 22). Williamsport car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-markets/williamsport
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} About this analysis
Car wash inventory for the Williamsport, PA 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 594 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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