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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Monroe County, WV
How Monroe County, WV 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
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,571 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 12,491
- +0.8% since 2020
See the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses around any address in Monroe County
The site report maps the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Monroe County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business in Monroe County. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Monroe County comes to about $7.3M a year: $1,571 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.3M per business.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Monroe County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Monroe County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings, Monroe County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Monroe County compares
The same measures for West 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.
| Measure | Monroe County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 14.9 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $7.3M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,804 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.7% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,571 | $1,698 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $56,750 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 59 |
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
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Monroe 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 Monroe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,491+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,619
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 473 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $56,750+47.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,315
- Median home value
- $156,300
- Jobs located here
- 1,616
- Daytime population
- 9,609Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Monroe County?
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 87 | 41 | 8.0 | $2.4M | +13.7% | #47 of 2,210 |
| 2Jefferson County, WV | 83 | 29 | 12.7 | $1.7M | +9.2% | #100 of 2,210 |
| 3Putnam County, WV | 77 | 19 | 8.2 | $2.4M | −1.0% | #181 of 2,210 |
| 4Hampshire County, WV | 73 | 6 | 6.9 | $2.5M | +4.4% | #281 of 2,210 |
| 5Mineral County, WV | 63 | 7 | 6.3 | $2.7M | −0.4% | #576 of 2,210 |
| 6Marion County, WV | 63 | 27 | 11.6 | $1.5M | −1.2% | #587 of 2,210 |
| 7Preston County, WV | 61 | 6 | 4.7 | $3.6M | −0.6% | #647 of 2,210 |
| 8Hancock County, WV | 58 | 13 | 10.1 | $1.7M | −4.5% | #772 of 2,210 |
| 9Marshall County, WV | 55 | 8 | 6.4 | $2.6M | −4.4% | #894 of 2,210 |
| 10Fayette County, WV | 53 | 15 | 9.4 | $1.7M | −5.6% | #985 of 2,210 |
| Monroe County, WV | Not scored | 1 | 2.2 | $7.3M | +0.8% |
Other business types in Monroe 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 laundry
- Clothing and shoe stores
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Monroe County, WV?
Monroe County has 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Monroe County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Monroe County, WV spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $7.3M a year, or $1,571 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings, it comes to $7.3M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,619 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Monroe County, WV compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
Monroe County has 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Monroe County would have about 8, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Monroe County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Monroe County at 12,491 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,619 households. Median household income in Monroe County is $56,750, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 47.3%, 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. Monroe County has no market score for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Monroe County. It maps the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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