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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Roane County, WV

The clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Roane County, WV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

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
$8.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,508 a household
Spending per listing
$8.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
13,317
−4.8% since 2020

See the clothing, shoe and laundry businesses around any address in Roane 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 Roane County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

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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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business in Roane County. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Roane County comes to about $8.6M a year: $1,508 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8.6M per business.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Roane County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Roane County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings, Roane County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Roane 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.

Clothing, shoes and laundry in Roane County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureRoane CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.814.923.3
Spending per listing$8.6M$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,8041,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.7%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.8%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,508$1,698$2,055
Median household income$45,778$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

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
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 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 Roane 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 Roane County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,317−4.8% since 2020
Households
5,704
Median age
46.7
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
484 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$45,778+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,771
Median home value
$122,100
Jobs located here
3,008
Daytime population
12,017Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing, shoes and laundry across West Virginia

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

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Berkeley County, WV87418.0$2.4M+13.7%#47 of 2,210
2Jefferson County, WV832912.7$1.7M+9.2%#100 of 2,210
3Putnam County, WV77198.2$2.4M−1.0%#181 of 2,210
4Hampshire County, WV7366.9$2.5M+4.4%#281 of 2,210
5Mineral County, WV6376.3$2.7M−0.4%#576 of 2,210
6Marion County, WV632711.6$1.5M−1.2%#587 of 2,210
7Preston County, WV6164.7$3.6M−0.6%#647 of 2,210
8Hancock County, WV581310.1$1.7M−4.5%#772 of 2,210
9Marshall County, WV5586.4$2.6M−4.4%#894 of 2,210
10Fayette County, WV53159.4$1.7M−5.6%#985 of 2,210
Roane County, WVNot scored11.8$8.6M−4.8%

Other business types in Roane 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 Roane County, WV?

There is 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings in Roane County 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 Roane County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Roane County, WV spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $8.6M a year, or $1,508 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 clothing, shoe or laundry business on map listings, it comes to $8.6M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,704 households in Roane County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Roane 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, Roane County would have about 10, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Roane County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Roane County at 13,317 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,704 households. Median household income in Roane County is $45,778, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.5%, 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. Roane 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 Roane 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.

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

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