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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Starr County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,554 of 2,210 scored counties
#98 of 158 scored counties in Texas

Listings
36
13 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,455 a household
Spending per listing
$774K
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.8
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,319
+0.7% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Starr County comes to about $27.9M a year: $1,455 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. Spread across 36 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $774K per business, 12% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

There are 36 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Starr County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 18.8 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Starr County in 2023. That is one for every 3,831 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Official counts list 73 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Starr County grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Starr County is 39 (lower middle), #1,554 of 2,210 scored counties and #98 of 158 scored counties in Texas.

How Starr 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 Starr County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureStarr CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.825.423.3
Spending per listing$774K$779K$880K
Households per official establishment3,8319751,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.0%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,455$1,983$2,055
Median household income$37,639$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3945

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 5
Employees, 2023
35
Annual payroll, 2023
$806K
One-person businesses, 2023
73Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3613 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The 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 Starr 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 Starr County

Population, 2025 estimate
66,319+0.7% since 2020
Households
19,157
Median age
30.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,223 sq. mi.
People per square mile
54
Median household income
$37,639+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$58,715
Median home value
$95,100
Jobs located here
11,587
Daytime population
54,236Residents 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 Starr 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
98Starr County, TX393618.8$774K+0.7%#1,554 of 2,210

Other business types in Starr 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 Starr County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 36 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Starr County. 13 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Official counts also show 73 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $27.9M a year, or $1,455 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $774K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,157 households in Starr County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Starr County has 18.8 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $774K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Starr County would have about 32, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,831 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Starr County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Starr County at 66,319 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,157 households. The median household income in Starr County is $37,639 a year, 53% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.9% 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. Starr County scores 39 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (lower middle), #1,554 of 2,210 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses · All 56 business types in Starr County

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