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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Jim Wells County, TX

How Jim Wells County, TX 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 24 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,007 of 2,210 scored counties
#142 of 158 scored counties in Texas

Listings
53
10 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$21.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,629 a household
Spending per listing
$408K
54% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
39.9
71% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,804
−0.2% 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

The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Jim Wells County is 24 (low), #2,007 of 2,210 scored counties and #142 of 158 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $1,629 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Jim Wells County spend about $21.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $408K of household spending for each business on map listings, 54% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Jim Wells County has 53 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 39.9 per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Jim Wells County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 1,660 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jim Wells County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Jim Wells 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Jim Wells County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureJim Wells CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households39.925.423.3
Spending per listing$408K$779K$880K
Households per official establishment1,6609751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.0%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,629$1,983$2,055
Median household income$51,896$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2445

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 8
Employees, 2023
47
Annual payroll, 2023
$814K
One-person businesses, 2023
30Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5310 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The 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 Jim Wells 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 Jim Wells County

Population, 2025 estimate
38,804−0.2% since 2020
Households
13,279
Median age
36.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
865 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$51,896+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,948
Median home value
$123,600
Jobs located here
14,134
Daytime population
36,305Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with Jim Wells County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Guadalupe County, TX906810.4$2M+15.8%#21 of 2,210
2Waller County, TX872212.0$1.7M+21.9%#55 of 2,210
3Medina County, TX851910.7$1.8M+11.4%#75 of 2,210
4Wilson County, TX832815.4$1.4M+12.2%#102 of 2,210
5Denton County, TX8054215.0$1.6M+16.9%#143 of 2,210
6San Jacinto County, TX7954.6$3.7M+7.1%#149 of 2,210
7Chambers County, TX792715.7$1.4M+22.6%#161 of 2,210
8Bastrop County, TX775514.9$1.3M+21.3%#195 of 2,210
9Wise County, TX774216.7$1.2M+21.5%#197 of 2,210
10Bosque County, TX7656.7$2.7M+3.6%#202 of 2,210
142Jim Wells County, TX245339.9$408K−0.2%#2,007 of 2,210

Other business types in Jim Wells 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 Jim Wells County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 53 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Jim Wells County. 10 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 30 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Jim Wells County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $21.6M a year, or $1,629 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $408K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,279 households in Jim Wells County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Jim Wells County, TX compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Jim Wells County has 39.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $408K, 54% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Jim Wells County would have about 25, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,660 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Jim Wells County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Jim Wells County at 38,804 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,279 households. The median household income in Jim Wells County is $51,896 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Jim Wells County scores 24 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,007 of 2,210 scored counties.

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