Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Minnesota
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Faribault-Northfield, MN area
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Faribault-Northfield, MN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #10 of 536 scored small-town markets
#2 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 37
- 8 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $48.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,056 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 48% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.7
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 69,939
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Faribault-Northfield area scores 85 (high) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #10 of 536 scored small-town markets and #2 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.
Households in the Faribault-Northfield area spend about $48.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,056 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 37 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.3M per business, 48% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
The Faribault-Northfield area has 37 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 15.7 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Faribault-Northfield area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 3,916 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Faribault-Northfield area grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Faribault-Northfield area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Faribault-Northfield area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.7 | 19.5 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,916 | 1,272 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.6% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,056 | $2,183 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $83,181 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 85 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $691K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 378 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 55The 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 Faribault-Northfield 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 Faribault-Northfield area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,939+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,493
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 496 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 137
- Median household income
- $83,181+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,276
- Median home value
- $320,200
- Jobs located here
- 25,685
- Daytime population
- 60,549Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Faribault-Northfield area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin, MN | 87 | 15 | 9.5 | $2M | +2.3% | #7 of 536 |
| 2Faribault-Northfield, MN | 85 | 37 | 15.7 | $1.3M | +4.2% | #10 of 536 |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 80 | 8 | 8.4 | $2.3M | 0.0% | #31 of 536 |
| 3Winona, MN | 78 | 30 | 14.8 | $1.3M | +1.8% | #41 of 536 |
| 4Hutchinson, MN | 71 | 26 | 17.1 | $1.2M | −0.3% | #91 of 536 |
| 5Grand Rapids, MN | 69 | 29 | 15.6 | $1.2M | +0.9% | #106 of 536 |
| 6Fergus Falls, MN | 66 | 51 | 20.3 | $947K | +1.6% | #131 of 536 |
| 7Detroit Lakes, MN | 60 | 29 | 20.1 | $958K | +0.9% | #185 of 536 |
| 8Brainerd, MN | 59 | 91 | 21.5 | $894K | +4.3% | #194 of 536 |
| 9Red Wing, MN | 59 | 46 | 23.3 | $867K | +1.3% | #195 of 536 |
Other business types in the Faribault-Northfield 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 laundry85
- Clothing and shoe stores82
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Faribault-Northfield, MN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Faribault-Northfield area. 8 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Faribault-Northfield, MN area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $48.3M a year, or $2,056 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,493 households in the Faribault-Northfield area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Faribault-Northfield, MN area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Faribault-Northfield area has 15.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.3M, 48% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Faribault-Northfield area would have about 55, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,916 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Faribault-Northfield, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Faribault-Northfield area at 69,939 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,493 households. The median household income in the Faribault-Northfield area is $83,181 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.3% 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 Faribault-Northfield area scores 85 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #10 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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