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Clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in St. Croix County, WI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in St. Croix County, WI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 90 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #20 of 2,210 scored counties
#1 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 40
- 8 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $87M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,320 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 98,276
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, St. Croix County has a Groundwork market score of 90 (very high): #20 of 2,210 scored counties and #1 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses in St. Croix County. 8 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 10.7 per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 23.3.
Households in St. Croix County spend about $87M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,320 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each business on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $880K.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in St. Croix County in 2023. That is one for every 5,359 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $456K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in St. Croix County. Population estimates put the population change in St. Croix County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How St. Croix County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | St. Croix County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 18.1 | 23.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $1.1M | $880K |
| Households per official establishment | 5,359 | 1,553 | 1,008 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.7% | −12.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,320 | $2,003 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $103,046 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 90 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 51
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $682K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 60Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 408 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 99The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $456K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in St. Croix 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 St. Croix County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 98,276+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 37,511
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 722 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 133
- Median household income
- $103,046+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,955
- Median home value
- $377,700
- Jobs located here
- 37,396
- Daytime population
- 80,378Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with St. Croix County marked.
Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Croix County, WI | 90 | 40 | 10.7 | $2.2M | +4.7% | #20 of 2,210 |
| 2Calumet County, WI | 86 | 19 | 8.9 | $2.4M | +2.9% | #60 of 2,210 |
| 3Lafayette County, WI | 83 | 5 | 7.4 | $2.6M | +5.2% | #92 of 2,210 |
| 4Pierce County, WI | 82 | 20 | 12.6 | $1.7M | +3.1% | #109 of 2,210 |
| 5Oconto County, WI | 81 | 13 | 7.7 | $2.5M | +2.9% | #116 of 2,210 |
| 6Washington County, WI | 80 | 66 | 11.6 | $1.9M | +1.8% | #134 of 2,210 |
| 7Adams County, WI | 76 | 7 | 7.4 | $2.4M | +5.2% | #204 of 2,210 |
| 8Waushara County, WI | 75 | 8 | 7.6 | $2.4M | +2.8% | #226 of 2,210 |
| 9Grant County, WI | 75 | 19 | 9.5 | $1.9M | +0.9% | #232 of 2,210 |
| 10Trempealeau County, WI | 74 | 10 | 8.0 | $2.4M | +1.1% | #254 of 2,210 |
Other business types in St. Croix 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 laundry90
- Clothing and shoe stores91
- Laundromats74
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing, shoe and laundry businesses are in St. Croix County, WI?
There are 40 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings in St. Croix County as of September 2026. 8 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and jewelry stores, laundromats and dry cleaners. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores, laundromats and dry cleaners in 2023. Another 60 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in St. Croix County, WI spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $87M a year, or $2,320 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per business. It is estimated from the incomes of the 37,511 households in St. Croix County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Croix County, WI compare with the U.S. for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses?
St. Croix County has 10.7 clothing, shoe and laundry businesses per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 23.3. Spending per business is $2.2M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $880K. At the national ratio of clothing, shoe and laundry businesses to household spending, St. Croix County would have about 99, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,359 households, against one for every 1,008 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Croix County, WI growing?
Population estimates put St. Croix County at 98,276 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 37,511 households. Median household income in St. Croix County is $103,046, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. St. Croix County scores 90 for clothing, shoe and laundry businesses (very high), #20 of 2,210 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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