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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Texas

Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Plainview, TX area

How the Plainview, 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 23 out of 100: Low

Ranked #484 of 536 scored small-town markets
#36 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas

Listings
30
10 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,607 a household
Spending per listing
$695K
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.1
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,700
−3.0% 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 Plainview area scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, ranking #484 of 536 scored small-town markets and #36 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Households in the Plainview area spend about $20.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,607 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $695K of household spending for each business on map listings, 21% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 30 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in the Plainview area as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 33%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 23.1 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in the Plainview area in 2023. That is one for every 1,298 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Plainview area declined 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Plainview 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Plainview, TX area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasurePlainview areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.125.423.3
Spending per listing$695K$779K$880K
Households per official establishment1,2989751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.0%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,607$1,983$2,055
Median household income$52,707$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2345

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
30
Annual payroll, 2023
$559K
One-person businesses, 2023
22Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3010 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The 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 the Plainview 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 Plainview area

Population, 2025 estimate
36,700−3.0% since 2020
Households
12,976
Median age
36.2
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,997 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$52,707
Average household income
$72,268
Median home value
$109,000
Jobs located here
12,210
Daytime population
32,764Residents 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 small-town markets in Texas for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Plainview area marked.

Top small-town markets in Texas

Small-town markets in Texas ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jacksonville, TX752614.3$1.2M+5.4%#68 of 536
2Bonham, TX722418.8$990K+9.2%#86 of 536
3Granbury, TX685521.5$933K+13.6%#114 of 536
4Athens, TX646118.2$964K+7.5%#147 of 536
5Gainesville, TX633722.4$859K+6.5%#156 of 536
6Corsicana, TX613518.4$942K+8.2%#174 of 536
7Mineral Wells, TX592925.8$673K+8.2%#198 of 536
8Andrews, TX551724.8$772K+1.6%#233 of 536
9Huntsville, TX525019.2$827K+9.5%#253 of 536
10El Campo, TX503723.3$782K+1.2%#270 of 536
36Plainview, TX233023.1$695K−3.0%#484 of 536

Other business types in the Plainview area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in the Plainview, TX area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 30 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in the Plainview area. 10 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Plainview, TX area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $20.8M a year, or $1,607 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $695K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,976 households in the Plainview area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Plainview, TX area compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

The Plainview area has 23.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $695K, 21% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, the Plainview area would have about 24, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,298 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is the Plainview, TX area growing?

Population estimates put the Plainview area at 36,700 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,976 households. The median household income in the Plainview area is $52,707 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Plainview area scores 23 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #484 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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