Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Pennsylvania
Dry cleaners in the State College, PA metro area
How the State College, PA metro area compares with other metro areas 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
Households in the State College metro area spend about $131.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,222 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That works out to $32.8M per shop, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $15.7M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.
The State College metro area has 4 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 46% below the U.S. rate of 1.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for dry cleaning and laundry services in the State College metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $708K has gone to businesses classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the State College metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the State College metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 dry cleaners on map listings, the State College metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the State College metro area 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 | State College metro area | 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 the State College metro area, 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 the State College metro area
- 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
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Top metro areas in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York-Hanover, PA | 81 | 17 | 0.9 | $24.3M | +3.6% | #10 of 272 |
| 2Lancaster, PA | 77 | 19 | 0.9 | $26.1M | +1.9% | #15 of 272 |
| 3Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 74 | 26 | 1.1 | $21.5M | +4.2% | #22 of 272 |
| 4Erie, PA | 69 | 8 | 0.7 | $28M | −1.8% | #33 of 272 |
| 5Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 69 | 37 | 1.1 | $21.4M | +3.0% | #36 of 272 |
| 6Reading, PA | 67 | 13 | 0.8 | $28.1M | +2.7% | #40 of 272 |
| 7Pittsburgh, PA | 64 | 100 | 0.9 | $23.7M | −1.3% | #57 of 272 |
| 8Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA | 56 | 30 | 1.3 | $16M | +1.4% | #113 of 272 |
| 9Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 40 | 393 | 1.6 | $15.4M | +1.4% | #184 of 272 |
| State College, PA | Not scored | 4 | 0.7 | $32.8M | −0.4% |
Other business types in the State College metro area
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 laundry76
- Clothing and shoe stores73
- Laundromats71
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many dry cleaners are in the State College, PA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 dry cleaners in the State College metro area. The listings count dry cleaners. No official count is published for dry cleaning and laundry services in the State College metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the State College, PA metro area 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. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which dry cleaners share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 59,013 households in the State College metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the State College, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?
The State College metro area 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 U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the State College metro area would have about 8, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is the State College, PA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the State College metro area at 157,393 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 59,013 households. Median household income in the State College metro area is $74,291, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.0%, 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. The State College metro area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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