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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Phelps County, NE

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Phelps County, NE, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
10
3 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,912 a household
Spending per listing
$749K
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.5
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,994
+0.2% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Phelps County comes to about $7.5M a year: $1,912 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $749K per business, 15% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Phelps County has 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 25.5 per 10,000 households, 9% above 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 Phelps County in 2023. That is one for every 783 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Phelps County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Phelps County compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 Phelps County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasurePhelps CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.521.223.3
Spending per listing$749K$941K$880K
Households per official establishment7831,1401,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.6%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,912$1,999$2,055
Median household income$68,919$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
36
Annual payroll, 2023
$476K
One-person businesses, 2023
10Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
103 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Phelps 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 Phelps County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,994+0.2% since 2020
Households
3,916
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
540 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$68,919
Average household income
$102,125
Median home value
$194,900
Jobs located here
4,937
Daytime population
9,477Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Nebraska

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The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Phelps County marked.

Top counties in Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cass County, NE8976.5$3.4M+3.9%#24 of 2,210
2Saunders County, NE801314.6$1.5M+6.0%#147 of 2,210
3Washington County, NE761113.1$1.7M+1.8%#213 of 2,210
4Saline County, NE7459.7$2M+1.9%#261 of 2,210
5Seward County, NE73811.8$1.7M+2.3%#290 of 2,210
6Sarpy County, NE6315220.5$1.1M+9.0%#606 of 2,210
7York County, NE60915.8$1.2M+3.3%#717 of 2,210
8Adams County, NE602216.8$1.1M−0.3%#721 of 2,210
9Colfax County, NE60718.9$1M+3.6%#726 of 2,210
10Otoe County, NE561421.9$907K+3.9%#889 of 2,210
Phelps County, NENot scored1025.5$749K+0.2%

Other business types in Phelps County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Phelps County, NE?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Phelps County. 3 of them (30%) 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. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Phelps County, NE spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $7.5M a year, or $1,912 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $749K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,916 households in Phelps County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Phelps County, NE compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Phelps County has 25.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $749K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Phelps County would have about 9, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 783 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Phelps County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Phelps County at 8,994 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,916 households. The median household income in Phelps County is $68,919 a year, 15% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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

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