Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Texas
Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Lufkin, TX area
How the Lufkin, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #451 of 536 scored small-town markets
#31 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 95
- 42 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- −20.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $54.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,690 a household
- Spending per listing
- $574K
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.4
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 88,154
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Lufkin area scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #451 of 536 scored small-town markets and #31 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $1,690 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Lufkin area spend about $54.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $574K of household spending for each business on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 95 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Lufkin area as of September 2026. Of those, 42 are chain locations, or 44%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.4, 26% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Lufkin area was 35 in 2023, down 20.4% from 2019. That is one for every 922 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Lufkin area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lufkin area grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Lufkin area 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 | Lufkin area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.4 | 25.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $574K | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 922 | 975 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −20.4% | −10.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,690 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $60,960 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35−20.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 511
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 63Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9542 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Lufkin area, 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 the Lufkin area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 88,154+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 32,271
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 798 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $60,960+20.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,044
- Median home value
- $163,500
- Jobs located here
- 36,671
- Daytime population
- 87,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacksonville, TX | 75 | 26 | 14.3 | $1.2M | +5.4% | #68 of 536 |
| 2Bonham, TX | 72 | 24 | 18.8 | $990K | +9.2% | #86 of 536 |
| 3Granbury, TX | 68 | 55 | 21.5 | $933K | +13.6% | #114 of 536 |
| 4Athens, TX | 64 | 61 | 18.2 | $964K | +7.5% | #147 of 536 |
| 5Gainesville, TX | 63 | 37 | 22.4 | $859K | +6.5% | #156 of 536 |
| 6Corsicana, TX | 61 | 35 | 18.4 | $942K | +8.2% | #174 of 536 |
| 7Mineral Wells, TX | 59 | 29 | 25.8 | $673K | +8.2% | #198 of 536 |
| 8Andrews, TX | 55 | 17 | 24.8 | $772K | +1.6% | #233 of 536 |
| 9Huntsville, TX | 52 | 50 | 19.2 | $827K | +9.5% | #253 of 536 |
| 10El Campo, TX | 50 | 37 | 23.3 | $782K | +1.2% | #270 of 536 |
| 31Lufkin, TX | 29 | 95 | 29.4 | $574K | +1.9% | #451 of 536 |
Other business types in the Lufkin area
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 laundry29
- Clothing and shoe stores32
- Laundromats60
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Lufkin, TX area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 95 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Lufkin area. 42 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 20.4% from 2019. Official counts list 63 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Lufkin, TX area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $54.5M a year, or $1,690 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 95 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $574K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,271 households in the Lufkin area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lufkin, TX area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
The Lufkin area has 29.4 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $574K, 35% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Lufkin area would have about 62, against 95 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 922 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 20.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lufkin, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Lufkin area at 88,154 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,271 households. The median household income in the Lufkin area is $60,960 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Lufkin area scores 29 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #451 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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