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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Clearfield County, PA
How Clearfield 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #618 of 2,210 scored counties
#39 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 43
- 17 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $62.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,922 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 65% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.2
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,100
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 43 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Clearfield County. 17 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 13.2 per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Households in Clearfield County spend about $62.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,922 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per business, 65% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Clearfield County in 2023. That is one for every 3,252 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 37 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Clearfield County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Clearfield County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #618 of 2,210 scored counties and #39 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Clearfield 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.
| Measure | Clearfield County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.2 | 20.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,252 | 1,256 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −17.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,922 | $2,270 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $62,152 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 232
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 37Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4317 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 71The 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 Clearfield 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 Clearfield County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,100−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 32,518
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,145 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 69
- Median household income
- $62,152+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,117
- Median home value
- $137,000
- Jobs located here
- 27,162
- Daytime population
- 75,318Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, PA | 94 | 22 | 9.1 | $2.5M | +7.2% | #7 of 2,210 |
| 2Carbon County, PA | 86 | 19 | 7.0 | $2.9M | +1.7% | #57 of 2,210 |
| 3Perry County, PA | 85 | 10 | 5.5 | $4M | +2.1% | #63 of 2,210 |
| 4Lebanon County, PA | 85 | 64 | 11.3 | $1.9M | +2.2% | #73 of 2,210 |
| 5Schuylkill County, PA | 83 | 51 | 8.8 | $2.3M | +1.5% | #95 of 2,210 |
| 6Susquehanna County, PA | 81 | 12 | 7.7 | $2.7M | −0.3% | #114 of 2,210 |
| 7Wayne County, PA | 81 | 20 | 9.6 | $2.1M | +1.1% | #118 of 2,210 |
| 8Huntingdon County, PA | 77 | 10 | 6.1 | $3.3M | −2.4% | #180 of 2,210 |
| 9Northampton County, PA | 77 | 186 | 15.2 | $1.6M | +3.7% | #192 of 2,210 |
| 10Franklin County, PA | 77 | 89 | 14.0 | $1.5M | +3.0% | #193 of 2,210 |
| 39Clearfield County, PA | 62 | 43 | 13.2 | $1.5M | −2.9% | #618 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Clearfield County
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 laundry62
- Clothing and shoe stores63
- Laundromats24
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Clearfield County, PA?
Clearfield County has 43 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 37 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clearfield County, PA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $62.5M a year, or $1,922 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,518 households in Clearfield County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clearfield County, PA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Clearfield County has 13.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.5M, 65% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Clearfield County would have about 71, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,252 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Clearfield County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Clearfield County at 78,100 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,518 households. Median household income in Clearfield County is $62,152, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. 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. Clearfield County scores 62 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #618 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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