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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Norton city, VA

How Norton city, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
14
8 chain locations (57%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,441 a household
Spending per listing
$165K
81% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
87.2
3.7 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
3,477
−5.5% 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

Households in Norton city spend about $2.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,441 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That is about $165K of household spending for each business on map listings, 81% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Norton city has 14 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 57% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 87.2 per 10,000 households, 3.7 times 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 Norton city was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 321 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Norton city declined 5.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Norton city compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Norton city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureNorton cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households87.219.423.3
Spending per listing$165K$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment3211,0451,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.1%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.5%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,441$2,176$2,055
Median household income$41,495$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored68

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5
Employees, 2023
45
Annual payroll, 2023
$676K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
148 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Norton city, 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 Norton city

Population, 2025 estimate
3,477−5.5% since 2020
Households
1,605
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
50%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
8 sq. mi.
People per square mile
478
Median household income
$41,495
Average household income
$57,082
Median home value
$110,000
Jobs located here
3,466
Daytime population
5,546Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Norton city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Frederick County, VA96174.8$4.5M+8.8%#2 of 2,210
2King George County, VA9676.9$3.4M+10.5%#3 of 2,210
3Caroline County, VA9354.2$4.8M+11.3%#8 of 2,210
4Orange County, VA93128.1$2.6M+10.1%#10 of 2,210
5Rockingham County, VA90216.4$3M+6.6%#17 of 2,210
6Clarke County, VA90610.2$2.3M+5.4%#19 of 2,210
7Stafford County, VA89397.5$3.5M+8.3%#22 of 2,210
8Greene County, VA88810.0$2.1M+6.6%#34 of 2,210
9Isle of Wight County, VA881811.4$1.8M+6.7%#39 of 2,210
10Fauquier County, VA873011.2$2.3M+4.8%#48 of 2,210
Norton city, VANot scored1487.2$165K−5.5%

Other business types in Norton city

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Norton city, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Norton city. 8 of them (57%) 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.

How much do households in Norton city, VA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $2.3M a year, or $1,441 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $165K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,605 households in Norton city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Norton city, VA compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?

Norton city has 87.2 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 3.7 times the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $165K, 81% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Norton city would have about 3, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 321 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.

How fast is Norton city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Norton city at 3,477 people in 2025, down 5.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,605 households. The median household income in Norton city is $41,495 a year, 49% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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

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