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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Erath County, TX
The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Erath County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,929 of 2,210 scored counties
#131 of 158 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 50
- 16 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- +4.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $29.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,755 a household
- Spending per listing
- $590K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.7
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,911
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Erath County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,929 of 2,210 scored counties and #131 of 158 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 50 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Erath County. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.7, 27% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Erath County comes to about $29.5M a year: $1,755 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $590K per business, 33% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Erath County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners, up 4.6% from 2019. That is one for every 731 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show Erath County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Erath 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 | Erath County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.7 | 25.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $590K | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 731 | 975 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.6% | −10.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,755 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $65,115 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 23+4.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 227
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5016 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Erath 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 Erath County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,911+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 16,816
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,083 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $65,115+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,669
- Median home value
- $269,100
- Jobs located here
- 17,708
- Daytime population
- 40,954Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Erath County marked.
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 |
| 131Erath County, TX | 27 | 50 | 29.7 | $590K | +2.8% | #1,929 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Erath 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 laundry27
- Clothing and shoe stores28
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Erath County, TX?
There are 50 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Erath County as of September 2026. 16 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Erath County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $29.5M a year, or $1,755 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $590K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,816 households in Erath County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Erath County, TX compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Erath County has 29.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $590K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Erath County would have about 34, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 731 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Erath County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Erath County at 43,911 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,816 households. Median household income in Erath County is $65,115, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Erath County scores 27 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,929 of 2,210 scored counties.
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