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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Willacy County, TX
How Willacy 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 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,069 of 2,210 scored counties
#148 of 158 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,582 a household
- Spending per listing
- $750K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.1
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,971
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Willacy County has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #2,069 of 2,210 scored counties and #148 of 158 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,582 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Willacy County spend about $9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $750K per business, 15% below the U.S. figure of $880K.
There are 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in Willacy County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.1, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Willacy County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Willacy County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Willacy 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.
| Measure | Willacy County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.1 | 25.4 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $750K | $779K | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 975 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.0% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,582 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $54,180 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Willacy 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 Willacy County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,971−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,691
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 591 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $54,180+52.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,310
- Median home value
- $73,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,193
- Daytime population
- 16,399Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Guadalupe County, TX | 90 | 68 | 10.4 | $2M | +15.8% | #21 of 2,210 |
| 2Waller County, TX | 87 | 22 | 12.0 | $1.7M | +21.9% | #55 of 2,210 |
| 3Medina County, TX | 85 | 19 | 10.7 | $1.8M | +11.4% | #75 of 2,210 |
| 4Wilson County, TX | 83 | 28 | 15.4 | $1.4M | +12.2% | #102 of 2,210 |
| 5Denton County, TX | 80 | 542 | 15.0 | $1.6M | +16.9% | #143 of 2,210 |
| 6San Jacinto County, TX | 79 | 5 | 4.6 | $3.7M | +7.1% | #149 of 2,210 |
| 7Chambers County, TX | 79 | 27 | 15.7 | $1.4M | +22.6% | #161 of 2,210 |
| 8Bastrop County, TX | 77 | 55 | 14.9 | $1.3M | +21.3% | #195 of 2,210 |
| 9Wise County, TX | 77 | 42 | 16.7 | $1.2M | +21.5% | #197 of 2,210 |
| 10Bosque County, TX | 76 | 5 | 6.7 | $2.7M | +3.6% | #202 of 2,210 |
| 148Willacy County, TX | 20 | 12 | 21.1 | $750K | −0.8% | #2,069 of 2,210 |
Other business types in Willacy County
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 laundry20
- Clothing and shoe stores21
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Willacy County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Willacy County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Willacy County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Willacy County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $9M a year, or $1,582 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $750K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,691 households in Willacy County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Willacy County, TX compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Willacy County has 21.1 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $750K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Willacy County would have about 10, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Willacy County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Willacy County at 19,971 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,691 households. The median household income in Willacy County is $54,180 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 52.5% 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. Willacy County scores 20 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,069 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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