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Dry cleaners in the Williamsport, PA metro area

How the Williamsport, 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$93.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,994 a household
Spending per listing
$46.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
112,587
−1.3% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Williamsport metro area comes to about $93.5M a year: $1,994 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $46.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only dry cleaners.

The Williamsport metro area has 2 dry cleaners on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in the Williamsport metro area in 2023. That is one for every 15,620 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Williamsport metro area declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 dry cleaners on map listings, the Williamsport 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 Williamsport 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.

Dry cleaners in Williamsport, PA metro area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureWilliamsport metro areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.41.11.3
Spending per listing$46.7M$20.7M$15.7M
Households per official establishment15,62010,0868,177
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−19.8%−18.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,994$2,270$2,055
Median household income$63,917$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored50

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
30
Annual payroll, 2023
$764K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 the Williamsport 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 Williamsport metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
112,587−1.3% since 2020
Households
46,861
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,229 sq. mi.
People per square mile
92
Median household income
$63,917+17.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,003
Median home value
$202,200
Jobs located here
49,055
Daytime population
110,643Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Dry cleaners across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for dry cleaners, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Williamsport metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metro areas in Pennsylvania ranked for dry cleaners by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1York-Hanover, PA81170.9$24.3M+3.6%#10 of 272
2Lancaster, PA77190.9$26.1M+1.9%#15 of 272
3Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA74261.1$21.5M+4.2%#22 of 272
4Erie, PA6980.7$28M−1.8%#33 of 272
5Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ69371.1$21.4M+3.0%#36 of 272
6Reading, PA67130.8$28.1M+2.7%#40 of 272
7Pittsburgh, PA641000.9$23.7M−1.3%#57 of 272
8Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA56301.3$16M+1.4%#113 of 272
9Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD403931.6$15.4M+1.4%#184 of 272
Williamsport, PANot scored20.4$46.7M−1.3%

Other business types in the Williamsport metro area

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

Questions

How many dry cleaners are in the Williamsport, PA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 dry cleaners in the Williamsport metro area. The listings count dry cleaners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as dry cleaning and laundry services in 2023.

How much do households in the Williamsport, PA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $93.5M a year, or $1,994 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 dry cleaners on map listings, it comes to $46.7M 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 46,861 households in the Williamsport metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Williamsport, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for dry cleaners?

The Williamsport metro area has 2 dry cleaners on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of dry cleaners to household spending, the Williamsport metro area would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,620 households, against one for every 8,177 across the U.S.

How fast is the Williamsport, PA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Williamsport metro area at 112,587 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 46,861 households. Median household income in the Williamsport metro area is $63,917, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.8%, 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 Williamsport metro area has no market score for dry cleaners: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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