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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Oklahoma

Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Ponca City, OK area

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #456 of 536 scored small-town markets
#12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
41
17 chain locations (41%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,660 a household
Spending per listing
$679K
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.4
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,490
−0.3% 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 Ponca City area is 28 (lower middle), #456 of 536 scored small-town markets and #12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Ponca City area. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 41%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.4, 5% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Ponca City area comes to about $27.9M a year: $1,660 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 41 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $679K per business, 23% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Ponca City area in 2023. That is one for every 1,049 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Ponca City area declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Ponca 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Ponca City, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasurePonca City areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.421.423.3
Spending per listing$679K$829K$880K
Households per official establishment1,0491,1701,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.2%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,660$1,773$2,055
Median household income$58,423$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score2843

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16
Employees, 2023
83
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
19Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4117 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The 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 Ponca 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 Ponca City area

Population, 2025 estimate
43,490−0.3% since 2020
Households
16,776
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
920 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$58,423+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,308
Median home value
$124,700
Jobs located here
15,500
Daytime population
42,294Residents 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 Ponca City 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
12Ponca City, OK284124.4$679K−0.3%#456 of 536

Other business types in the Ponca City 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 Ponca City, OK area?

There are 41 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Ponca City area as of September 2026. 17 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $27.9M a year, or $1,660 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $679K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,776 households in the Ponca City area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Ponca City area has 24.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $679K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Ponca City area would have about 32, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,049 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is the Ponca City, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Ponca City area at 43,490 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,776 households. Median household income in the Ponca City area is $58,423, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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 Ponca City area scores 28 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #456 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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