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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Crawfordsville, IN area

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Crawfordsville, IN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 83 out of 100: High

Ranked #13 of 536 scored small-town markets
#1 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana

Listings
13
6 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$29.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,863 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
2.5 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.3
64% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,954
+2.7% 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

The Crawfordsville area scores 83 (high) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #13 of 536 scored small-town markets and #1 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Crawfordsville area. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.3, 64% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Crawfordsville area comes to about $29.1M a year: $1,863 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Crawfordsville area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,120 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Crawfordsville area grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Crawfordsville area compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Crawfordsville, IN area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureCrawfordsville areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.318.023.3
Spending per listing$2.2M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment3,1201,3471,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.8%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,863$1,935$2,055
Median household income$71,479$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score8367

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
57
Annual payroll, 2023
$791K
One-person businesses, 2023
22Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
136 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
33The 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 Crawfordsville 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 Crawfordsville area

Population, 2025 estimate
38,954+2.7% since 2020
Households
15,602
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
505 sq. mi.
People per square mile
76
Median household income
$71,479+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,874
Median home value
$171,800
Jobs located here
14,890
Daytime population
36,070Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Indiana

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Indiana for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Indiana, with the Crawfordsville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Indiana

Small-town markets in Indiana ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Crawfordsville, IN83138.3$2.2M+2.7%#13 of 536
2Greencastle, IN802215.6$1.2M+3.2%#33 of 536
3Auburn, IN772615.2$1.2M+2.9%#46 of 536
4Washington, IN761815.2$1.2M+2.5%#54 of 536
5Kendallville, IN752111.6$1.6M+1.0%#63 of 536
6Greensburg, IN741211.2$1.7M+0.4%#70 of 536
7Huntington, IN741811.7$1.5M+1.6%#71 of 536
8Warsaw, IN724915.3$1.3M+0.9%#85 of 536
9Connersville, IN7099.6$1.8M+0.7%#92 of 536
10Plymouth, IN692614.6$1.3M+1.2%#103 of 536

Other business types in the Crawfordsville 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 Crawfordsville, IN area?

There are 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Crawfordsville area as of September 2026. 6 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Crawfordsville, IN area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $29.1M a year, or $1,863 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,602 households in the Crawfordsville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Crawfordsville, IN area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The Crawfordsville area has 8.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.2M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Crawfordsville area would have about 33, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,120 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is the Crawfordsville, IN area growing?

Population estimates put the Crawfordsville area at 38,954 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,602 households. Median household income in the Crawfordsville area is $71,479, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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 Crawfordsville area scores 83 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #13 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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