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Dry cleaners in Hancock County, IA

How Hancock County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for dry cleaners: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,796 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
10,528
−2.2% 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

There are no dry cleaners on map listings in Hancock County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Hancock County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Hancock County comes to about $8.4M a year: $1,796 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Hancock County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Hancock County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no dry cleaners on map listings, Hancock County isn’t given a market score for them.

How Hancock County compares

The same measures for Iowa and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the dry cleaners counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Dry cleaners in Hancock County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureHancock CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.00.61.3
Spending per listingn/a$31.2M$15.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a22,6858,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.9%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.2%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,796$1,967$2,055
Median household income$70,601$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored69

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
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 dry cleaning and laundry services in Hancock 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 Hancock County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,528−2.2% since 2020
Households
4,673
Median age
45.8
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
571 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$70,601+14.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,692
Median home value
$141,400
Jobs located here
6,063
Daytime population
11,446Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Hancock County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Polk County, IA63271.3$16M+4.8%#133 of 507
2Story County, IA4651.3$15.2M+2.7%#297 of 507
Hancock County, IANot scored00.0n/a−2.2%

Other business types in Hancock County

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

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Questions

How many dry cleaners are in Hancock County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no dry cleaners in Hancock County. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Hancock County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Hancock County, IA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $8.4M a year, or $1,796 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,673 households in Hancock County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hancock County, IA compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

Hancock County has no dry cleaners on map listings. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Hancock County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Hancock County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Hancock County at 10,528 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,673 households. The median household income in Hancock County is $70,601 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.3% 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. Hancock County has no market score for dry cleaners, having none on map listings.

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