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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Wright County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Wright County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,156 of 2,210 scored counties
#38 of 68 scored counties in Iowa

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,885 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
27% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.8
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,801
−0.9% 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 Wright County spend about $10.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,885 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per business, 27% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

Wright County has 9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That is 16.8 per 10,000 households, 28% 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 Wright County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wright County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Wright County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,156 of 2,210 scored counties and #38 of 68 scored counties in Iowa.

How Wright 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Wright County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureWright CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.820.823.3
Spending per listing$1.1M$947K$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,3401,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,885$1,967$2,055
Median household income$67,190$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score4955

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
11Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
91 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Wright 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 Wright County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,801−0.9% since 2020
Households
5,353
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
580 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$67,190+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,511
Median home value
$119,600
Jobs located here
6,209
Daytime population
13,549Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Wright County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, IA912110.2$2.1M+9.0%#14 of 2,210
2Mills County, IA8359.3$2.3M+2.6%#94 of 2,210
3Bremer County, IA7899.3$2.2M+1.1%#169 of 2,210
4Benton County, IA761312.7$1.6M+1.8%#216 of 2,210
5Buchanan County, IA7567.3$2.6M+1.3%#223 of 2,210
6Jones County, IA72911.0$1.7M+2.9%#315 of 2,210
7Boone County, IA681715.5$1.3M+0.4%#437 of 2,210
8Jasper County, IA672315.3$1.2M+0.9%#462 of 2,210
9Jackson County, IA6689.7$1.9M−0.8%#472 of 2,210
10Cedar County, IA66810.5$1.9M−0.7%#475 of 2,210
38Wright County, IA49916.8$1.1M−0.9%#1,156 of 2,210

Other business types in Wright County

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

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Wright County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Wright County. One of them (11%) 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 Wright County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Wright County, IA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $10.1M a year, or $1,885 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,353 households in Wright County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Wright County, IA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Wright County has 16.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.1M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Wright County would have about 12, against 9 on map listings.

How fast is Wright County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Wright County at 12,801 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,353 households. The median household income in Wright County is $67,190 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Wright County scores 49 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,156 of 2,210 scored counties.

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 Wright County

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