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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Dawson County, TX
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Dawson County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,784 of 2,210 scored counties
#118 of 158 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,647 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.8
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,776
- −5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Dawson County scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #1,784 of 2,210 scored counties and #118 of 158 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Dawson County comes to about $6.7M a year: $1,647 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each business on map listings, 26% above the U.S. figure of $880K.
Dawson County has 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.8, 36% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Dawson County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dawson County declined 5.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Dawson County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Dawson County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.8 | 25.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 975 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,647 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $54,360 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 45 |
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
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Dawson 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 Dawson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,776−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,043
- Median age
- 34.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 900 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $54,360+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,550
- Median home value
- $103,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,022
- Daytime population
- 11,229Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Guadalupe County, TX | 90 | 68 | 10.4 | $2M | +15.8% | #21 of 2,210 |
| 2Waller County, TX | 87 | 22 | 12.0 | $1.7M | +21.9% | #55 of 2,210 |
| 3Medina County, TX | 85 | 19 | 10.7 | $1.8M | +11.4% | #75 of 2,210 |
| 4Wilson County, TX | 83 | 28 | 15.4 | $1.4M | +12.2% | #102 of 2,210 |
| 5Denton County, TX | 80 | 542 | 15.0 | $1.6M | +16.9% | #143 of 2,210 |
| 6San Jacinto County, TX | 79 | 5 | 4.6 | $3.7M | +7.1% | #149 of 2,210 |
| 7Chambers County, TX | 79 | 27 | 15.7 | $1.4M | +22.6% | #161 of 2,210 |
| 8Bastrop County, TX | 77 | 55 | 14.9 | $1.3M | +21.3% | #195 of 2,210 |
| 9Wise County, TX | 77 | 42 | 16.7 | $1.2M | +21.5% | #197 of 2,210 |
| 10Bosque County, TX | 76 | 5 | 6.7 | $2.7M | +3.6% | #202 of 2,210 |
| 118Dawson County, TX | 32 | 6 | 14.8 | $1.1M | −5.6% | #1,784 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Dawson 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 laundry32
- Clothing and shoe stores
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Dawson County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Dawson County. One of them (17%) 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 Dawson County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dawson County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $6.7M a year, or $1,647 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,043 households in Dawson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dawson County, TX compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Dawson 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 $1.1M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Dawson County would have about 8, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Dawson County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Dawson County at 11,776 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,043 households. The median household income in Dawson County is $54,360 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.7% 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. Dawson County scores 32 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,784 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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