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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Ohio

Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mount Vernon, OH area

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 83 out of 100: High

Ranked #15 of 536 scored small-town markets
#1 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio

Listings
26
10 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$45.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,932 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
98% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
52% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
64,002
+1.9% 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 Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mount Vernon area is 83 (high), #15 of 536 scored small-town markets and #1 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Households in the Mount Vernon area spend about $45.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,932 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.7M per business, 98% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

The Mount Vernon area has 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 38%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 11.1 per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Mount Vernon area classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 3,356 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Mount Vernon area grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Mount Vernon area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Mount Vernon, OH area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureMount Vernon areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.118.023.3
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment3,3561,3751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.3%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,932$1,954$2,055
Median household income$73,878$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score8366

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
103
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
32Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2610 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
52The 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 Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon area

Population, 2025 estimate
64,002+1.9% since 2020
Households
23,491
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
526 sq. mi.
People per square mile
120
Median household income
$73,878+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,322
Median home value
$239,400
Jobs located here
19,622
Daytime population
59,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Ohio

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

Top small-town markets in Ohio

Small-town markets in Ohio ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Mount Vernon, OH832611.1$1.7M+1.9%#15 of 536
2Sidney, OH81189.5$2M−0.2%#25 of 536
3Urbana, OH761610.2$1.8M+0.2%#48 of 536
4Van Wert, OH761210.4$1.7M+0.3%#51 of 536
5Coshocton, OH751610.8$1.6M+1.6%#64 of 536
6Ashland, OH752411.6$1.5M+0.1%#65 of 536
7Bellefontaine, OH732713.8$1.4M+0.4%#78 of 536
8Tiffin, OH72209.0$2M−1.0%#82 of 536
9Wilmington, OH722313.7$1.4M+0.6%#83 of 536
10Marion, OH712610.5$1.7M−0.4%#89 of 536

Other business types in the Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon, OH area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Mount Vernon area. 10 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Mount Vernon, OH area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $45.4M a year, or $1,932 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,491 households in the Mount Vernon area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Mount Vernon, OH area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The Mount Vernon area has 11.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.7M, 98% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Mount Vernon area would have about 52, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,356 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is the Mount Vernon, OH area growing?

Population estimates put the Mount Vernon area at 64,002 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,491 households. The median household income in the Mount Vernon area is $73,878 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.9% 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 Mount Vernon area scores 83 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #15 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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