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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · New Mexico

Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Alamogordo, NM area

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Alamogordo, NM area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #168 of 536 scored small-town markets
#1 of 12 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico

Listings
32
15 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$37.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,529 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
33% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.1
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
70,368
+3.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Alamogordo area. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 13.1 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Alamogordo area comes to about $37.4M a year: $1,529 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.2M per business, 33% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Alamogordo area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 3,060 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 30 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in the Alamogordo area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Alamogordo area has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #168 of 536 scored small-town markets and #1 of 12 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico.

How the Alamogordo area compares

The same measures for New Mexico 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 Alamogordo, NM area compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureAlamogordo areaNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.122.323.3
Spending per listing$1.2M$739K$880K
Households per official establishment3,0601,2751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.4%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.7%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,529$1,645$2,055
Median household income$55,876$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score6126

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
85
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
30Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3215 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
43The 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 Alamogordo 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 Alamogordo area

Population, 2025 estimate
70,368+3.7% since 2020
Households
24,480
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
6,613 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$55,876+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,572
Median home value
$162,700
Jobs located here
16,220
Daytime population
63,281Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across New Mexico

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

Top small-town markets in New Mexico

Small-town markets in New Mexico ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Alamogordo, NM613213.1$1.2M+3.7%#168 of 536
2Española, NM581710.9$1.4M−1.0%#199 of 536
3Carlsbad-Artesia, NM454619.5$902K+0.3%#315 of 536
4Las Vegas, NM401510.8$1.3M−3.2%#357 of 536
5Deming, NM401617.3$767K−0.2%#363 of 536
6Roswell, NM246125.7$580K−2.7%#479 of 536
7Hobbs, NM228534.5$490K+0.2%#496 of 536
8Silver City, NM182219.5$749K−3.4%#510 of 536
9Taos, NM175132.8$484K+0.3%#514 of 536
10Clovis, NM136223.8$624K−3.3%#525 of 536

Other business types in the Alamogordo 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 Alamogordo, NM area?

There are 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Alamogordo area as of September 2026. 15 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 30 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Alamogordo, NM area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $37.4M a year, or $1,529 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,480 households in the Alamogordo area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Alamogordo, NM area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The Alamogordo area has 13.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.2M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Alamogordo area would have about 43, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,060 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is the Alamogordo, NM area growing?

Population estimates put the Alamogordo area at 70,368 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,480 households. Median household income in the Alamogordo area is $55,876, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.1%, 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 Alamogordo area scores 61 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #168 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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