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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Avoyelles Parish, LA

How Avoyelles Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,577 of 2,210 scored counties
#29 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
21
5 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$21.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,493 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.5
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,941
−4.3% 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

At $1,493 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Avoyelles Parish spend about $21.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 17% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Avoyelles Parish as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 14.5 for every 10,000 households, 38% 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 Avoyelles Parish in 2023. That is one for every 2,888 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 45 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Avoyelles Parish declined 4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Avoyelles Parish scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,577 of 2,210 scored counties and #29 of 52 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Avoyelles Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Avoyelles Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureAvoyelles ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.526.723.3
Spending per listing$1M$660K$880K
Households per official establishment2,8889181,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.8%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,493$1,761$2,055
Median household income$39,325$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3811

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
15
Annual payroll, 2023
$200K
One-person businesses, 2023
45Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
215 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The 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 Avoyelles Parish, 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 Avoyelles Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
37,941−4.3% since 2020
Households
14,441
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
831 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$39,325+2.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,189
Median home value
$122,400
Jobs located here
9,710
Daytime population
35,366Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Avoyelles Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1West Baton Rouge Parish, LA8376.4$3M+5.5%#89 of 2,210
2St. Charles Parish, LA701910.2$1.9M−3.7%#368 of 2,210
3Livingston Parish, LA697814.6$1.3M+8.5%#413 of 2,210
4Plaquemines Parish, LA6478.5$2.3M−5.3%#553 of 2,210
5Vermilion Parish, LA64209.2$1.8M+1.3%#555 of 2,210
6St. James Parish, LA6168.0$2.4M−5.9%#650 of 2,210
7Jackson Parish, LA56610.8$1.4M+5.6%#853 of 2,210
8St. Martin Parish, LA54189.2$1.8M−1.0%#931 of 2,210
9Vernon Parish, LA53189.8$1.7M−7.3%#986 of 2,210
10Evangeline Parish, LA5286.4$2.4M−1.0%#1,033 of 2,210
29Avoyelles Parish, LA382114.5$1M−4.3%#1,577 of 2,210

Other business types in Avoyelles Parish

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

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Avoyelles Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Avoyelles Parish. 5 of them (24%) 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 45 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Avoyelles Parish, LA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $21.6M a year, or $1,493 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,441 households in Avoyelles Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Avoyelles Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Avoyelles Parish has 14.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Avoyelles Parish would have about 25, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,888 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Avoyelles Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Avoyelles Parish at 37,941 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,441 households. The median household income in Avoyelles Parish is $39,325 a year, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 2.0% 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. Avoyelles Parish scores 38 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,577 of 2,210 scored counties.

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