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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Idaho

Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mountain Home, ID area

How the Mountain Home, ID area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #123 of 536 scored small-town markets
#2 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Idaho

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$17.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,593 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
82% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.9
58% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,465
+2.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in the Mountain Home area spend about $17.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,593 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per business, 82% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 11 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Mountain Home area as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 9.9 for every 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Mountain Home area, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show the Mountain Home area grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mountain Home area is 66 (upper middle), #123 of 536 scored small-town markets and #2 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Idaho. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Mountain Home area compares

The same measures for Idaho and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Mountain Home, ID area compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureMountain Home areaIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.917.323.3
Spending per listing$1.6M$1M$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,4401,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.4%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,593$1,756$2,055
Median household income$65,359$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score6670

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
14Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Mountain Home 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 Mountain Home area

Population, 2025 estimate
29,465+2.8% since 2020
Households
11,067
Median age
35.5
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
3,075 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$65,359+39.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,615
Median home value
$316,500
Jobs located here
6,488
Daytime population
25,305Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Idaho

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Idaho for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Mountain Home area marked.

Top small-town markets in Idaho

Small-town markets in Idaho ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Brigham City, UT-ID87177.9$2.2M+12.6%#6 of 536
1Blackfoot, ID811710.5$1.6M+6.4%#29 of 536
2Mountain Home, ID66119.9$1.6M+2.8%#123 of 536
3Sandpoint, ID633014.8$1.1M+14.8%#152 of 536
4Burley, ID632716.3$995K+6.2%#155 of 536
5Moscow, ID592414.8$1.1M+5.6%#191 of 536
Ontario, OR-ID573517.5$889K+5.0%#219 of 536
6Rexburg, ID483821.1$754K+4.5%#293 of 536
7Hailey, ID434031.7$591K+6.1%#335 of 536
Jackson, WY-ID406645.5$503K+4.2%#368 of 536

Other business types in the Mountain Home area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Mountain Home, ID area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mountain Home area. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Mountain Home area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Mountain Home, ID area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $17.6M a year, or $1,593 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,067 households in the Mountain Home area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Mountain Home, ID area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The Mountain Home area has 9.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.6M, 82% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Mountain Home area would have about 20, against 11 on map listings.

How fast is the Mountain Home, ID area growing?

Population estimates put the Mountain Home area at 29,465 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,067 households. The median household income in the Mountain Home area is $65,359 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.5% 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. 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 Mountain Home area scores 66 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #123 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in the Mountain Home area

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