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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Wood County, WV

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 18 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,114 of 2,210 scored counties
#30 of 32 scored counties in West Virginia

Listings
100
65 chain locations (65%)
Official establishments
36
−14.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$60M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,674 a household
Spending per listing
$600K
32% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
27.9
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
82,385
−2.1% 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

For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, Wood County has a Groundwork market score of 18 (low): #2,114 of 2,210 scored counties and #30 of 32 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Wood County comes to about $60M a year: $1,674 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 100 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, that is $600K per business, 32% below the U.S. figure of $880K.

Wood County has 100 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 65 are chain locations, or 65%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 27.9, 20% above the U.S. rate of 23.3.

Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in Wood County in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 995 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wood County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Wood 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 Wood County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureWood CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households27.914.923.3
Spending per listing$600K$1.1M$880K
Households per official establishment9951,8041,008
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−14.3%−13.7%−12.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,674$1,698$2,055
Median household income$57,810$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score1859

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
42 → 36−14.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
589
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
36Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10065 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
68The 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 Wood 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 Wood County

Population, 2025 estimate
82,385−2.1% since 2020
Households
35,836
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
367 sq. mi.
People per square mile
228
Median household income
$57,810+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,213
Median home value
$158,500
Jobs located here
37,360
Daytime population
85,425Residents 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 Wood 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
30Wood County, WV1810027.9$600K−2.1%#2,114 of 2,210

Other business types in Wood County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in Wood County, WV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 100 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in Wood County. 65 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. Official counts list 36 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $60M a year, or $1,674 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 100 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $600K per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,836 households in Wood County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wood County has 27.9 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $600K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $880K. At the U.S. ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, Wood County would have about 68, against 100 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 995 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Wood County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Wood County at 82,385 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,836 households. The median household income in Wood County is $57,810 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.2% 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. Wood County scores 18 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (low), #2,114 of 2,210 scored counties.

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