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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area

How the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #250 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
778
340 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
429
−3.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$648.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,545 a household
Spending per listing
$834K
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
30.5
31% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
718,377
+3.0% 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 $2,545 per household (24% above the U.S. average), households in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area spend about $648.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $834K of household spending for each business on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

The Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area has 778 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 340 are chain locations, or 44%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 30.5, 31% above 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area was 429 in 2023, down 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 594 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 392 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 20 SBA-backed loans worth $3.2M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area.

Population estimates show the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #250 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.

How the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area compares

The same measures for New York 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureKiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households30.531.723.3
Spending per listing$834K$772K$880K
Households per official establishment5946631,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.2%−15.4%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,545$2,448$2,055
Median household income$98,233$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score4427

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
429−3.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
5,741
Annual payroll, 2023
$175M
One-person businesses, 2023
392Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
778340 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
737The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
20
Amount
$3.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
718,377+3.0% since 2020
Households
254,883
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,608 sq. mi.
People per square mile
438
Median household income
$98,233
Average household income
$128,603
Median home value
$393,600
Jobs located here
259,641
Daytime population
650,521Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in New York, with the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ithaca, NY776815.7$1.4M−1.4%#26 of 387
2Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY7372819.0$1.3M+1.9%#43 of 387
3Utica-Rome, NY6920617.0$1.2M−2.0%#60 of 387
4Binghamton, NY6818017.6$1.2M−1.3%#66 of 387
5Syracuse, NY6747717.6$1.3M−1.3%#75 of 387
6Rochester, NY6784318.9$1.2M−0.7%#77 of 387
7Kingston, NY6518024.2$986K+1.1%#96 of 387
8Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY581,01720.3$1.1M−0.8%#138 of 387
9Watertown-Fort Drum, NY499920.8$973K−3.9%#207 of 387
10Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY4477830.5$834K+3.0%#250 of 387

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 778 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area. 340 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 429 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 3.2% from 2019. Another 392 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $648.6M a year, or $2,545 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 778 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $834K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 254,883 households in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area has 30.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $834K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area would have about 737, against 778 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 594 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area at 718,377 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 254,883 households. The median household income in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area is $98,233 a year, 22% above 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area scores 44 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #250 of 387 scored metro areas.

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