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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Northumberland County, PA

How Northumberland 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 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #207 of 2,210 scored counties
#12 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
32
5 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$74M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,953 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
2.6 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.4
64% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
89,920
−1.8% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Northumberland County has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #207 of 2,210 scored counties and #12 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Northumberland County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 16%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.4, 64% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

At $1,953 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Northumberland County spend about $74M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $2.3M per business, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $880K.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Northumberland County in 2023. That is one for every 9,472 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Northumberland County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Northumberland 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 Northumberland County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureNorthumberland CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.420.423.3
Spending per listing$2.3M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment9,4721,2561,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−17.2%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.8%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,953$2,270$2,055
Median household income$60,583$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score7668

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 4
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$254K
One-person businesses, 2023
29Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
325 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
84The 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 Northumberland 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 Northumberland County

Population, 2025 estimate
89,920−1.8% since 2020
Households
37,886
Median age
44.9
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
458 sq. mi.
People per square mile
198
Median household income
$60,583+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,529
Median home value
$162,400
Jobs located here
27,386
Daytime population
78,297Residents 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 Northumberland 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
12Northumberland County, PA76328.4$2.3M−1.8%#207 of 2,210

Other business types in Northumberland 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 Northumberland County, PA?

There are 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Northumberland County as of September 2026. 5 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $74M a year, or $1,953 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 37,886 households in Northumberland County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Northumberland County has 8.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.3M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Northumberland County would have about 84, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,472 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Northumberland County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Northumberland County at 89,920 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 37,886 households. Median household income in Northumberland County is $60,583, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Northumberland County scores 76 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #207 of 2,210 scored counties.

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

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