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Dry cleaners in Centre County, PA
How Centre County, PA 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $131.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,222 a household
- Spending per listing
- $32.8M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,393
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 dry cleaners in Centre County. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Centre County comes to about $131.1M a year: $2,222 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Spread across 4 dry cleaners, that is $32.8M per shop, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $15.7M. 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 Centre County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $708K has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Centre County.
Population estimates show Centre County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 dry cleaners on map listings, Centre County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Centre County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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.
| Measure | Centre County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Spending per listing | $32.8M | $20.7M | $15.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 10,086 | 8,177 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −19.8% | −18.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,222 | $2,270 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $74,291 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 50 |
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
- 40 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
- 1
- Amount
- $708K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in Centre 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 Centre County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,393−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 59,013
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,107 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 143
- Median household income
- $74,291+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,987
- Median home value
- $323,500
- Jobs located here
- 66,922
- Daytime population
- 170,905Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Centre County?
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York County, PA | 80 | 17 | 0.9 | $24.3M | +3.6% | #18 of 507 |
| 2Butler County, PA | 78 | 9 | 1.1 | $21.5M | +3.2% | #25 of 507 |
| 3Lancaster County, PA | 77 | 19 | 0.9 | $26.1M | +1.9% | #29 of 507 |
| 4Dauphin County, PA | 74 | 8 | 0.7 | $33.3M | +2.3% | #40 of 507 |
| 5Westmoreland County, PA | 72 | 11 | 0.7 | $30.6M | −1.4% | #51 of 507 |
| 6Berks County, PA | 70 | 13 | 0.8 | $28.1M | +2.7% | #62 of 507 |
| 7Erie County, PA | 69 | 8 | 0.7 | $28M | −1.8% | #73 of 507 |
| 8Northampton County, PA | 69 | 15 | 1.2 | $19.5M | +3.7% | #78 of 507 |
| 9Washington County, PA | 66 | 10 | 1.1 | $20.1M | +0.7% | #92 of 507 |
| 10Cumberland County, PA | 66 | 18 | 1.7 | $14M | +6.5% | #98 of 507 |
| Centre County, PA | Not scored | 4 | 0.7 | $32.8M | −0.4% |
Other business types in Centre 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 laundry63
- Clothing and shoe stores61
- Laundromats70
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in Centre County, PA?
There are 4 dry cleaners on map listings in Centre County as of September 2026. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in Centre County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Centre County, PA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $131.1M a year, or $2,222 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $32.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners. It is estimated from the incomes of the 59,013 households in Centre County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Centre County, PA compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
Centre County has 0.7 dry cleaners per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 1.3. Spending per shop is $32.8M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $15.7M. At the national ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, Centre County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Centre County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Centre County at 157,393 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 59,013 households. The median household income in Centre County is $74,291 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. Centre County has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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