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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Oklahoma

Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Altus, OK area

How the Altus, OK area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 23 out of 100: Low

Ranked #489 of 536 scored small-town markets
#15 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
32
12 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,715 a household
Spending per listing
$524K
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
32.7
40% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,764
+0.1% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, the Altus area has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #489 of 536 scored small-town markets and #15 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

At $1,715 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Altus area spend about $16.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $524K of household spending for each business on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Altus area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 32.7 for every 10,000 households, 40% 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 Altus area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 698 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Altus area grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Altus area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Altus, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureAltus areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households32.721.423.3
Spending per listing$524K$829K$880K
Households per official establishment6981,1701,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.2%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,715$1,773$2,055
Median household income$62,799$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score2343

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14
Employees, 2023
89
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3212 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Altus 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 Altus area

Population, 2025 estimate
24,764+0.1% since 2020
Households
9,775
Median age
37.4
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
803 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$62,799+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,958
Median home value
$158,400
Jobs located here
8,018
Daytime population
24,259Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Oklahoma

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

Top small-town markets in Oklahoma

Small-town markets in Oklahoma ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tahlequah, OK602915.5$1M+4.5%#182 of 536
2Durant, OK553820.7$797K+10.9%#232 of 536
3Bartlesville, OK544119.6$898K+2.7%#240 of 536
4Miami, OK521411.7$1.3M+0.7%#248 of 536
5Shawnee, OK445620.8$799K+3.5%#321 of 536
6Ada, OK403422.5$752K+1.2%#364 of 536
7McAlester, OK373318.5$872K−1.1%#386 of 536
8Guymon, OK361420.5$788K−4.5%#400 of 536
9Muskogee, OK365621.8$722K+0.7%#403 of 536
10Duncan, OK335129.0$588K+3.4%#424 of 536
15Altus, OK233232.7$524K+0.1%#489 of 536

Other business types in the Altus 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 Altus, OK area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Altus area. 12 of them (38%) 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 also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $16.8M a year, or $1,715 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $524K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,775 households in the Altus area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Altus area has 32.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $524K, 40% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Altus area would have about 19, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 698 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is the Altus, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Altus area at 24,764 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,775 households. The median household income in the Altus area is $62,799 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.4% 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 Altus area scores 23 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #489 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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