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House cleaning businesses in the Mount Vernon, IL area

The house cleaning businesses in the Mount Vernon, IL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.6M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,120 a household
Spending per listing
$16.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
36,147
−2.3% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Mount Vernon area comes to about $16.6M a year: $1,120 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $16.6M of household spending for each business on map listings. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.

There is 1 house cleaning business on map listings in the Mount Vernon area as of September 2026. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Mount Vernon area in 2023. That is one for every 2,964 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $10K has gone to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Mount Vernon area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Mount Vernon area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 house cleaning business on map listings, the Mount Vernon area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Mount Vernon area compares

The same measures for Illinois and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all lawn care, cleaning and other household services by the house cleaning 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.

House cleaning in Mount Vernon, IL area compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureMount Vernon areaIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.72.02.2
Spending per listing$16.6M$6.8M$6.4M
Households per official establishment2,9641,7891,735
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.5%+6.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.3%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,120$1,322$1,414
Median household income$63,118$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored44

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
19
Annual payroll, 2023
$592K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$10K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in the Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon area

Population, 2025 estimate
36,147−2.3% since 2020
Households
14,820
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
571 sq. mi.
People per square mile
64
Median household income
$63,118+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,324
Median home value
$126,000
Jobs located here
20,339
Daytime population
40,708Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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House cleaning across Illinois

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for house cleaning businesses, numbered among those based in Illinois, with the Mount Vernon area marked.

Top small-town markets in Illinois

Small-town markets in Illinois ranked for house cleaning businesses by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ottawa, IL6571.1$10.5M−1.6%#32 of 142
2Marion-Herrin, IL5851.7$6.7M+0.2%#45 of 142
3Quincy, IL-MO2392.9$3.9M−2.0%#135 of 142
4Freeport, IL1794.6$2.4M−3.0%#142 of 142
Mount Vernon, ILNot scored10.7$16.6M−2.3%

Other business types in the Mount Vernon area

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

Questions

How many house cleaning businesses are in the Mount Vernon, IL area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 house cleaning business in the Mount Vernon area. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as janitorial and carpet cleaning services in 2023.

How much do households in the Mount Vernon, IL area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $16.6M a year, or $1,120 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 house cleaning business on map listings, it comes to $16.6M per business. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which house cleaning businesses share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,820 households in the Mount Vernon area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Mount Vernon, IL area compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?

The Mount Vernon area has 1 house cleaning business on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, the Mount Vernon area would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,964 households, against one for every 1,735 across the U.S.

How fast is the Mount Vernon, IL area growing?

Population estimates put the Mount Vernon area at 36,147 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,820 households. The median household income in the Mount Vernon area is $63,118 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Mount Vernon area has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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