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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Mississippi

Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Natchez, MS-LA area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Natchez, MS-LA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 21 out of 100: Low

Ranked #504 of 536 scored small-town markets
#7 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi

Listings
58
15 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$31.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,527 a household
Spending per listing
$546K
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
28.0
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
54,722
−0.9% 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

The Natchez area scores 21 (low) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #504 of 536 scored small-town markets and #7 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Households in the Natchez area spend about $31.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,527 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That works out to $546K per business, 38% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

The Natchez area has 58 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 26%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 28.0 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in the Natchez area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 1,481 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Natchez area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Natchez area compares

The same measures for Mississippi 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 Natchez, MS-LA area compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureNatchez areaMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households28.027.623.3
Spending per listing$546K$607K$880K
Households per official establishment1,4818391,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,527$1,677$2,055
Median household income$42,104$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score215

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14
Employees, 2023
68
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
76Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5815 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
36The 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 Natchez 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 Natchez area

Population, 2025 estimate
54,722−0.9% since 2020
Households
20,736
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,678 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$42,104
Average household income
$63,809
Median home value
$101,500
Jobs located here
16,813
Daytime population
51,317Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Natchez area marked.

Top small-town markets in Mississippi

Small-town markets in Mississippi ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Picayune, MS613616.5$1M+5.6%#171 of 536
2Oxford, MS368033.3$542K+5.3%#408 of 536
3Starkville, MS306625.5$637K+0.8%#443 of 536
4Laurel, MS276921.8$736K−1.5%#462 of 536
5Brookhaven, MS233526.6$615K+0.5%#487 of 536
6Tupelo, MS2222242.9$400K+0.8%#498 of 536
7Natchez, MS-LA215828.0$546K−0.9%#504 of 536
8Vicksburg, MS195834.6$511K−6.3%#508 of 536
9Greenwood, MS163121.4$705K−8.8%#517 of 536
10Corinth, MS144531.1$503K−0.5%#523 of 536

Other business types in the Natchez area

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

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Natchez, MS-LA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 58 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Natchez area. 15 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 76 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Natchez, MS-LA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $31.7M a year, or $1,527 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $546K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,736 households in the Natchez area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Natchez, MS-LA area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The Natchez area has 28.0 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $546K, 38% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Natchez area would have about 36, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,481 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is the Natchez, MS-LA area growing?

Population estimates put the Natchez area at 54,722 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,736 households. The median household income in the Natchez area is $42,104 a year, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Natchez area scores 21 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #504 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in the Natchez area

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