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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Manhattan, KS metro area
How the Manhattan, KS metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #217 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Kansas
- Listings
- 103
- 50 chain locations (49%)
- Official establishments
- 42
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $94.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,849 a household
- Spending per listing
- $919K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.1
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 136,122
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 103 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Manhattan metro area. Chain locations make up 49% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.1, 14% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Households in the Manhattan metro area spend about $94.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,849 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $919K of household spending for each business on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Manhattan metro area in 2023. That is one for every 1,220 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 61 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Manhattan metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Manhattan metro area grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Manhattan metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #217 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Kansas.
How the Manhattan metro area compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Manhattan metro area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.1 | 19.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $919K | $1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,220 | 1,224 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.9% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,849 | $1,989 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $65,469 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42
- Employees, 2023
- 485
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 61Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10350 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 108The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Manhattan metro 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 Manhattan metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 136,122+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 51,234
- Median age
- 31.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,835 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $65,469+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,190
- Median home value
- $223,700
- Jobs located here
- 49,254
- Daytime population
- 135,991Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kansas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Manhattan metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lawrence, KS | 74 | 77 | 15.3 | $1.3M | +1.8% | #39 of 387 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 66 | 1,808 | 20.2 | $1M | +3.4% | #89 of 387 |
| 2Topeka, KS | 65 | 160 | 16.5 | $1.1M | +0.1% | #92 of 387 |
| 3Wichita, KS | 50 | 550 | 21.6 | $888K | +2.4% | #205 of 387 |
| 4Manhattan, KS | 48 | 103 | 20.1 | $919K | +1.4% | #217 of 387 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 47 | 87 | 18.6 | $975K | −2.0% | #224 of 387 |
| Joplin, MO-KS | 42 | 194 | 24.4 | $723K | +3.9% | #261 of 387 |
Other business types in the Manhattan metro area
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 laundry48
- Clothing and shoe stores41
- Laundromats47
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Manhattan, KS metro area?
There are 103 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Manhattan metro area as of September 2026. 50 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 61 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Manhattan, KS metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $94.7M a year, or $1,849 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 103 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $919K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 51,234 households in the Manhattan metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Manhattan, KS metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Manhattan metro area has 20.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $919K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Manhattan metro area would have about 108, against 103 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,220 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Manhattan, KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Manhattan metro area at 136,122 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,234 households. Median household income in the Manhattan metro area is $65,469, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. The Manhattan metro area scores 48 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #217 of 387 scored metro areas.
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