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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Palo Pinto County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Palo Pinto County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,032 of 2,210 scored counties
#69 of 158 scored counties in Texas

Listings
29
8 chain locations (28%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,738 a household
Spending per listing
$673K
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.8
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,791
+8.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Palo Pinto County. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 28%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 25.8 per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Palo Pinto County comes to about $19.5M a year: $1,738 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $673K per business, 24% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Palo Pinto County classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. That is one for every 3,745 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Palo Pinto County grew 8.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Palo Pinto County is 53 (upper middle), #1,032 of 2,210 scored counties and #69 of 158 scored counties in Texas.

How Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasurePalo Pinto CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.825.423.3
Spending per listing$673K$779K$880K
Households per official establishment3,7459751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.0%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,738$1,983$2,055
Median household income$67,674$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5345

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 3
Employees, 2023
8
Annual payroll, 2023
$186K
One-person businesses, 2023
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
298 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,791+8.2% since 2020
Households
11,234
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
953 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$67,674+34.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,412
Median home value
$198,000
Jobs located here
7,485
Daytime population
26,246Residents 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 Palo Pinto 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
69Palo Pinto County, TX532925.8$673K+8.2%#1,032 of 2,210

Other business types in Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto County, TX?

There are 29 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Palo Pinto County as of September 2026. 8 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $19.5M a year, or $1,738 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $673K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,234 households in Palo Pinto County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Palo Pinto County has 25.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $673K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Palo Pinto County would have about 22, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,745 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Palo Pinto County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Palo Pinto County at 30,791 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,234 households. Median household income in Palo Pinto County is $67,674, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.9%, 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. Palo Pinto County scores 53 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (upper middle), #1,032 of 2,210 scored counties.

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