Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Oklahoma
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Tahlequah, OK area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Tahlequah, OK area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #182 of 536 scored small-town markets
#1 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 29
- 12 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,618 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.5
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,196
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Tahlequah area comes to about $30.3M a year: $1,618 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per business, 19% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
The Tahlequah area has 29 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (41%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 15.5 per 10,000 households, 33% below 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 Tahlequah area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 2,337 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Tahlequah area grew 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Tahlequah area scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #182 of 536 scored small-town markets and #1 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma.
How the Tahlequah 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 | Tahlequah area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.5 | 21.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $829K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,337 | 1,170 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,618 | $1,773 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $53,218 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $873K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2912 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Tahlequah 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 Tahlequah area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,196+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,698
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 749 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $53,218+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,290
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,276
- Daytime population
- 42,397Residents 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 Tahlequah 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 |
Other business types in the Tahlequah 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 laundry60
- Clothing and shoe stores57
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Tahlequah, OK area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Tahlequah area. 12 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Tahlequah, OK area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $30.3M a year, or $1,618 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,698 households in the Tahlequah area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tahlequah, OK area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Tahlequah area has 15.5 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Tahlequah area would have about 34, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,337 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is the Tahlequah, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the Tahlequah area at 49,196 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,698 households. The median household income in the Tahlequah area is $53,218 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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 Tahlequah area scores 60 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #182 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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