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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Yankton County, SD

How Yankton County, SD 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,399 of 2,210 scored counties
#9 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
27
8 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,884 a household
Spending per listing
$677K
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
27.8
19% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,635
+1.5% 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

Households in Yankton County spend about $18.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,884 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $677K of household spending for each business on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Yankton County has 27 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 27.8, 19% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Yankton County in 2023. That is one for every 1,939 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Yankton County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Yankton County is 43 (lower middle), #1,399 of 2,210 scored counties and #9 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota.

How Yankton 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 Yankton County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureYankton CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households27.822.023.3
Spending per listing$677K$888K$880K
Households per official establishment1,9391,0441,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.2%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,884$1,951$2,055
Median household income$72,821$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score4346

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 5
Employees, 2023
52
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
278 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The 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 Yankton 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 Yankton County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,635+1.5% since 2020
Households
9,695
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
521 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$72,821+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,237
Median home value
$225,900
Jobs located here
12,467
Daytime population
24,093Residents 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 Yankton 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 Yankton 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 Yankton County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Yankton County. 8 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $18.3M a year, or $1,884 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $677K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,695 households in Yankton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Yankton County has 27.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $677K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Yankton County would have about 21, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,939 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Yankton County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Yankton County at 23,635 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,695 households. The median household income in Yankton County is $72,821 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Yankton County scores 43 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,399 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 Yankton County

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