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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lake County, SD
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lake County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #712 of 2,210 scored counties
#4 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,976 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 51% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.8
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,993
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lake County. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That is 14.8 per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Lake County comes to about $9.3M a year: $1,976 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.3M per business, 51% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Lake County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Lake County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lake County is 60 (upper middle), #712 of 2,210 scored counties and #4 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Lake County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Lake County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.8 | 22.0 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $888K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,044 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.2% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,976 | $1,951 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $76,808 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 46 |
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
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,993−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,716
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 563 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $76,808+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,754
- Median home value
- $247,600
- Jobs located here
- 5,183
- Daytime population
- 10,346Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, SD | 87 | 5 | 6.8 | $3.2M | +3.3% | #42 of 2,210 |
| 2Lincoln County, SD | 87 | 36 | 12.9 | $1.7M | +17.5% | #54 of 2,210 |
| 3Meade County, SD | 76 | 16 | 13.4 | $1.5M | +2.7% | #218 of 2,210 |
| 4Lake County, SD | 60 | 7 | 14.8 | $1.3M | −0.2% | #712 of 2,210 |
| 5Roberts County, SD | 54 | 5 | 13.8 | $1.3M | −0.1% | #937 of 2,210 |
| 6Brookings County, SD | 54 | 36 | 26.1 | $728K | +9.6% | #982 of 2,210 |
| 7Beadle County, SD | 52 | 14 | 18.6 | $978K | +2.4% | #1,065 of 2,210 |
| 8Minnehaha County, SD | 43 | 235 | 27.7 | $724K | +7.6% | #1,393 of 2,210 |
| 9Yankton County, SD | 43 | 27 | 27.8 | $677K | +1.5% | #1,399 of 2,210 |
| 10Hughes County, SD | 43 | 23 | 31.7 | $630K | −0.9% | #1,401 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Lake 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 stores61
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Lake County, SD?
There are 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. 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 Lake County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lake County, SD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $9.3M a year, or $1,976 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,716 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, SD compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Lake County has 14.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.3M, 51% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Lake County would have about 11, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Lake County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 10,993 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,716 households. Median household income in Lake County is $76,808, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.2%, 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. Lake County scores 60 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #712 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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