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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in McPherson County, KS
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in McPherson County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #782 of 2,210 scored counties
#11 of 35 scored counties 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 McPherson County comes to about $23.4M a year: $1,923 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 33% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
McPherson County has 20 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.4, 30% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in McPherson County in 2023. 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 McPherson County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, McPherson County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #782 of 2,210 scored counties and #11 of 35 scored counties in Kansas.
How McPherson County 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 County | 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 | 58 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 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 McPherson 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 McPherson County
- 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 counties in Kansas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Kansas, with McPherson County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miami County, KS | 89 | 10 | 7.3 | $2.9M | +5.9% | #25 of 2,210 |
| 2Pottawatomie County, KS | 89 | 9 | 9.6 | $2.2M | +6.9% | #28 of 2,210 |
| 3Leavenworth County, KS | 87 | 29 | 9.6 | $2.2M | +3.2% | #49 of 2,210 |
| 4Butler County, KS | 80 | 34 | 13.4 | $1.5M | +3.1% | #146 of 2,210 |
| 5Franklin County, KS | 63 | 15 | 14.4 | $1.3M | +1.1% | #596 of 2,210 |
| 6Dickinson County, KS | 62 | 10 | 12.5 | $1.5M | +1.4% | #617 of 2,210 |
| 7Douglas County, KS | 62 | 77 | 15.3 | $1.3M | +1.8% | #628 of 2,210 |
| 8Harvey County, KS | 61 | 20 | 14.6 | $1.3M | −1.2% | #669 of 2,210 |
| 9Nemaha County, KS | 59 | 5 | 12.4 | $1.6M | −2.1% | #734 of 2,210 |
| 10Sumner County, KS | 59 | 11 | 12.3 | $1.5M | −0.1% | #738 of 2,210 |
| 11McPherson County, KS | 58 | 20 | 16.4 | $1.2M | −0.4% | #782 of 2,210 |
Other business types in McPherson 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 laundry58
- Clothing and shoe stores56
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in McPherson County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in McPherson County. 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 McPherson County, KS 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 McPherson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McPherson County, KS compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
McPherson County 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, McPherson County 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 McPherson County, KS growing?
Population estimates put McPherson County 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 McPherson County 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. 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. McPherson County scores 58 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #782 of 2,210 scored counties.
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