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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Crawford County, PA
How Crawford 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #707 of 2,210 scored counties
#42 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 46
- 9 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $64.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,900 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 59% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.6
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 81,792
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Crawford County. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 20%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.6, 42% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
At $1,900 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Crawford County spend about $64.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.4M per business, 59% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Crawford County in 2023. That is one for every 2,820 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Another 33 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Crawford County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Crawford County scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #707 of 2,210 scored counties and #42 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Crawford 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 | Crawford County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.6 | 20.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 2,820 | 1,256 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −17.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,900 | $2,270 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $60,476 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 59
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 33Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 469 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 73The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 81,792−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 33,838
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,012 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $60,476+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,870
- Median home value
- $153,200
- Jobs located here
- 28,045
- Daytime population
- 77,378Residents 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 |
| 42Crawford County, PA | 60 | 46 | 13.6 | $1.4M | −2.4% | #707 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Crawford 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 laundry60
- Clothing and shoe stores67
- Laundromats23
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Crawford County, PA?
There are 46 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Crawford County as of September 2026. 9 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts list 33 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Crawford County, PA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $64.3M a year, or $1,900 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,838 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Crawford County, PA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Crawford County has 13.6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.4M, 59% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Crawford County would have about 73, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,820 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is Crawford County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Crawford County at 81,792 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,838 households. Median household income in Crawford County is $60,476, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.2%, 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. Crawford County scores 60 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #707 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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