Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Oklahoma
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Elk City, OK area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Elk City, OK area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #524 of 536 scored small-town markets
#17 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 30
- 6 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,610 a household
- Spending per listing
- $439K
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.6
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,159
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Elk City area is 14 (low), #524 of 536 scored small-town markets and #17 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $1,610 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in the Elk City area spend about $13.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $439K of household spending for each business on map listings, 50% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
The Elk City area has 30 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 20%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 36.6 per 10,000 households, 57% 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 Elk City area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 744 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Elk City area declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Elk City 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.
| Measure | Elk City area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.6 | 21.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $439K | $829K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 744 | 1,170 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,610 | $1,773 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $53,328 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $907K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 306 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Elk City 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 Elk City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,159−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,188
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 902 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $53,328+5.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,431
- Median home value
- $143,500
- Jobs located here
- 8,119
- Daytime population
- 22,638Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Elk City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tahlequah, OK | 60 | 29 | 15.5 | $1M | +4.5% | #182 of 536 |
| 2Durant, OK | 55 | 38 | 20.7 | $797K | +10.9% | #232 of 536 |
| 3Bartlesville, OK | 54 | 41 | 19.6 | $898K | +2.7% | #240 of 536 |
| 4Miami, OK | 52 | 14 | 11.7 | $1.3M | +0.7% | #248 of 536 |
| 5Shawnee, OK | 44 | 56 | 20.8 | $799K | +3.5% | #321 of 536 |
| 6Ada, OK | 40 | 34 | 22.5 | $752K | +1.2% | #364 of 536 |
| 7McAlester, OK | 37 | 33 | 18.5 | $872K | −1.1% | #386 of 536 |
| 8Guymon, OK | 36 | 14 | 20.5 | $788K | −4.5% | #400 of 536 |
| 9Muskogee, OK | 36 | 56 | 21.8 | $722K | +0.7% | #403 of 536 |
| 10Duncan, OK | 33 | 51 | 29.0 | $588K | +3.4% | #424 of 536 |
| 17Elk City, OK | 14 | 30 | 36.6 | $439K | −0.7% | #524 of 536 |
Other business types in the Elk City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry14
- Clothing and shoe stores14
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Elk City, OK area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Elk City area. 6 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Elk City, OK area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $13.2M a year, or $1,610 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $439K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,188 households in the Elk City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Elk City, OK area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Elk City area has 36.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $439K, 50% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Elk City area would have about 15, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 744 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Elk City, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the Elk City area at 22,159 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,188 households. The median household income in the Elk City area is $53,328 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 5.1% 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 Elk City area scores 14 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #524 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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