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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Clarke County, IA
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Clarke County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,862 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 72% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,574
- −1.6% since 2020
See the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses around any address in Clarke County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Clarke County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 12.3 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Households in Clarke County spend about $7.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,862 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each business on map listings, 72% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Clarke County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Clarke County declined 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Clarke County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Clarke County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 20.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $947K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,340 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.3% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,862 | $1,967 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $71,641 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 55 |
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
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Clarke 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 Clarke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,574−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,071
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 431 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $71,641
- Average household income
- $95,019
- Median home value
- $161,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,411
- Daytime population
- 9,348Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Clarke County?
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Clarke County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, IA | 91 | 21 | 10.2 | $2.1M | +9.0% | #14 of 2,210 |
| 2Mills County, IA | 83 | 5 | 9.3 | $2.3M | +2.6% | #94 of 2,210 |
| 3Bremer County, IA | 78 | 9 | 9.3 | $2.2M | +1.1% | #169 of 2,210 |
| 4Benton County, IA | 76 | 13 | 12.7 | $1.6M | +1.8% | #216 of 2,210 |
| 5Buchanan County, IA | 75 | 6 | 7.3 | $2.6M | +1.3% | #223 of 2,210 |
| 6Jones County, IA | 72 | 9 | 11.0 | $1.7M | +2.9% | #315 of 2,210 |
| 7Boone County, IA | 68 | 17 | 15.5 | $1.3M | +0.4% | #437 of 2,210 |
| 8Jasper County, IA | 67 | 23 | 15.3 | $1.2M | +0.9% | #462 of 2,210 |
| 9Jackson County, IA | 66 | 8 | 9.7 | $1.9M | −0.8% | #472 of 2,210 |
| 10Cedar County, IA | 66 | 8 | 10.5 | $1.9M | −0.7% | #475 of 2,210 |
| Clarke County, IA | Not scored | 5 | 12.3 | $1.5M | −1.6% |
Other business types in Clarke County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry
- Clothing and shoe stores
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Clarke County, IA?
There are 5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Clarke County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) 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 Clarke County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clarke County, IA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $7.6M a year, or $1,862 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,071 households in Clarke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clarke County, IA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Clarke County has 12.3 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.5M, 72% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Clarke County would have about 9, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Clarke County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Clarke County at 9,574 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,071 households. Median household income in Clarke County is $71,641, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Clarke County
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