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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Armstrong County, PA

How Armstrong County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #442 of 2,210 scored counties
#27 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
23
2 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$55.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,986 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
2.8 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.2
65% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
63,698
−2.7% 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

Households in Armstrong County spend about $55.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,986 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $2.4M per business, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

Armstrong County has 23 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 9%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 8.2 for every 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Armstrong County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 28 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Armstrong County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Armstrong County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #442 of 2,210 scored counties and #27 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Armstrong County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Armstrong County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureArmstrong CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.220.423.3
Spending per listing$2.4M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,2561,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−17.2%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.7%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,986$2,270$2,055
Median household income$65,008$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score6768

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
28Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
232 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
63The 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 Armstrong County, 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 Armstrong County

Population, 2025 estimate
63,698−2.7% since 2020
Households
28,035
Median age
46.8
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
653 sq. mi.
People per square mile
99
Median household income
$65,008+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,098
Median home value
$157,300
Jobs located here
16,144
Daytime population
50,841Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Armstrong County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pike County, PA94229.1$2.5M+7.2%#7 of 2,210
2Carbon County, PA86197.0$2.9M+1.7%#57 of 2,210
3Perry County, PA85105.5$4M+2.1%#63 of 2,210
4Lebanon County, PA856411.3$1.9M+2.2%#73 of 2,210
5Schuylkill County, PA83518.8$2.3M+1.5%#95 of 2,210
6Susquehanna County, PA81127.7$2.7M−0.3%#114 of 2,210
7Wayne County, PA81209.6$2.1M+1.1%#118 of 2,210
8Huntingdon County, PA77106.1$3.3M−2.4%#180 of 2,210
9Northampton County, PA7718615.2$1.6M+3.7%#192 of 2,210
10Franklin County, PA778914.0$1.5M+3.0%#193 of 2,210
27Armstrong County, PA67238.2$2.4M−2.7%#442 of 2,210

Other business types in Armstrong County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Armstrong County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Armstrong County. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Armstrong County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Armstrong County, PA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $55.7M a year, or $1,986 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,035 households in Armstrong County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Armstrong County, PA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Armstrong County has 8.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.4M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Armstrong County would have about 63, against 23 on map listings.

How fast is Armstrong County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Armstrong County at 63,698 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 28,035 households. The median household income in Armstrong County is $65,008 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. 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. Armstrong County scores 67 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #442 of 2,210 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Armstrong County

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