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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Posey County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Posey County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #313 of 2,210 scored counties
#16 of 76 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,995 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 99% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.4
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,988
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,995 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Posey County spend about $21M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.8M per business, 99% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Posey County has 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.4, 51% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Posey County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 3,511 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Posey County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Posey County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #313 of 2,210 scored counties and #16 of 76 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Posey County 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.
| Measure | Posey County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.4 | 18.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,511 | 1,347 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.8% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,995 | $1,935 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $78,129 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $68K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Posey County, 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 Posey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,988−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 10,533
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $78,129+21.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,707
- Median home value
- $222,900
- Jobs located here
- 8,278
- Daytime population
- 21,258Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Posey County marked.
Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, IN | 93 | 37 | 11.1 | $2M | +13.5% | #12 of 2,210 |
| 2Warrick County, IN | 84 | 28 | 11.1 | $1.9M | +4.4% | #81 of 2,210 |
| 3Morgan County, IN | 83 | 30 | 10.6 | $1.9M | +4.4% | #98 of 2,210 |
| 4Boone County, IN | 82 | 49 | 17.1 | $1.5M | +13.5% | #111 of 2,210 |
| 5Floyd County, IN | 80 | 36 | 11.3 | $1.8M | +2.0% | #139 of 2,210 |
| 6Jasper County, IN | 78 | 11 | 8.6 | $2.2M | +3.0% | #167 of 2,210 |
| 7Dearborn County, IN | 78 | 24 | 11.8 | $1.7M | +1.7% | #176 of 2,210 |
| 8Montgomery County, IN | 77 | 13 | 8.3 | $2.2M | +2.7% | #183 of 2,210 |
| 9Wells County, IN | 76 | 9 | 7.8 | $2.4M | +2.6% | #205 of 2,210 |
| 10Madison County, IN | 76 | 53 | 9.9 | $1.8M | +3.8% | #211 of 2,210 |
| 16Posey County, IN | 72 | 12 | 11.4 | $1.8M | −0.8% | #313 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Posey County
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
- Clothing, shoes and laundry72
- Clothing and shoe stores73
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Posey County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Posey County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Posey County, IN spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $21M a year, or $1,995 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,533 households in Posey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Posey County, IN compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Posey County has 11.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.8M, 99% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Posey County would have about 24, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,511 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Posey County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Posey County at 24,988 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,533 households. The median household income in Posey County is $78,129 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.7% 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. 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. Posey County scores 72 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #313 of 2,210 scored counties.
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