Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Kansas
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the McPherson, KS area
How the McPherson, KS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #135 of 536 scored small-town markets
#2 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 20
- 4 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $23.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,923 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,064
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the McPherson area comes to about $23.4M a year: $1,923 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 20 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.2M per business, 33% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
The McPherson area has 20 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 20%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 16.4 for every 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the McPherson area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 2,432 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in the McPherson area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the McPherson area has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #135 of 536 scored small-town markets and #2 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the McPherson 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 | McPherson area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 19.8 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,432 | 1,224 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.9% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,923 | $1,989 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $78,851 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $217K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 204 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 McPherson 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 McPherson area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,064−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,162
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $78,851+33.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,169
- Median home value
- $211,200
- Jobs located here
- 16,543
- Daytime population
- 32,591Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the McPherson area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottawa, KS | 70 | 15 | 14.4 | $1.3M | +1.1% | #95 of 536 |
| 2McPherson, KS | 65 | 20 | 16.4 | $1.2M | −0.4% | #135 of 536 |
| 3Atchison, KS | 60 | 7 | 12.2 | $1.4M | −0.9% | #175 of 536 |
| 4Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 53 | 22 | 16.4 | $1.1M | −0.4% | #243 of 536 |
| 5Hutchinson, KS | 51 | 45 | 17.6 | $994K | −0.6% | #259 of 536 |
| 6Salina, KS | 43 | 52 | 20.9 | $871K | −1.4% | #328 of 536 |
| 7Emporia, KS | 37 | 36 | 24.6 | $694K | +0.4% | #394 of 536 |
| 8Great Bend, KS | 36 | 26 | 25.0 | $691K | −2.5% | #404 of 536 |
| 9Pittsburg, KS | 32 | 36 | 22.7 | $735K | +0.1% | #427 of 536 |
| 10Dodge City, KS | 31 | 34 | 28.8 | $650K | −0.6% | #436 of 536 |
Other business types in the McPherson 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 laundry65
- Clothing and shoe stores63
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the McPherson, KS area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the McPherson area. 4 of them (20%) 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 list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the McPherson, KS area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $23.4M a year, or $1,923 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,162 households in the McPherson area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the McPherson, KS area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The McPherson area has 16.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.2M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the McPherson area would have about 27, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,432 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the McPherson, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the McPherson area at 30,064 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,162 households. The median household income in the McPherson area is $78,851 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.4% 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. 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 McPherson area scores 65 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #135 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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