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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lincoln County, SD

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lincoln County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 87 out of 100: High

Ranked #54 of 2,210 scored counties
#2 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
36
2 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$62.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,248 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
98% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.9
45% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
77,145
+17.5% since 2020

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What this means

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Lincoln County has a Groundwork market score of 87 (high): #54 of 2,210 scored counties and #2 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.

At $2,248 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in Lincoln County spend about $62.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 36 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $1.7M per business, 98% above the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 36 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Lincoln County as of September 2026. 2 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 12.9 per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Lincoln County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 2,788 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $535K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Lincoln County. Population estimates show Lincoln County grew 17.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Lincoln 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Lincoln County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureLincoln CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.922.023.3
Spending per listing$1.7M$888K$880K
Households per official establishment2,7881,0441,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.2%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+17.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,248$1,951$2,055
Median household income$99,166$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score8746

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 10
Employees, 2023
113
Annual payroll, 2023
$3M
One-person businesses, 2023
58Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
362 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
2
Amount
$535K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County

Population, 2025 estimate
77,145+17.5% since 2020
Households
27,879
Median age
36.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
577 sq. mi.
People per square mile
122
Median household income
$99,166+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$132,275
Median home value
$348,300
Jobs located here
29,510
Daytime population
60,089Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across South Dakota

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

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, SD8756.8$3.2M+3.3%#42 of 2,210
2Lincoln County, SD873612.9$1.7M+17.5%#54 of 2,210
3Meade County, SD761613.4$1.5M+2.7%#218 of 2,210
4Lake County, SD60714.8$1.3M−0.2%#712 of 2,210
5Roberts County, SD54513.8$1.3M−0.1%#937 of 2,210
6Brookings County, SD543626.1$728K+9.6%#982 of 2,210
7Beadle County, SD521418.6$978K+2.4%#1,065 of 2,210
8Minnehaha County, SD4323527.7$724K+7.6%#1,393 of 2,210
9Yankton County, SD432727.8$677K+1.5%#1,399 of 2,210
10Hughes County, SD432331.7$630K−0.9%#1,401 of 2,210

Other business types in Lincoln County

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

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Lincoln County, SD?

As of September 2026, map listings count 36 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Lincoln County. 2 of them (6%) 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 58 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Lincoln County, SD spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $62.7M a year, or $2,248 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,879 households in Lincoln County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lincoln County has 12.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $1.7M, 98% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Lincoln County would have about 71, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,788 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Lincoln County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Lincoln County at 77,145 people in 2025, up 17.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,879 households. The median household income in Lincoln County is $99,166 a year, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.2% 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. Lincoln County scores 87 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (high), #54 of 2,210 scored counties.

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