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House cleaning businesses in Polk County, TX
How Polk County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for house cleaning businesses: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $26.2M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,342 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.7M
- 36% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,434
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,342 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Polk County spend about $26.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $8.7M per business, 36% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only house cleaning businesses.
Polk County has 3 house cleaning businesses on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 1.5 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Polk County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Polk County grew 5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 house cleaning businesses on map listings, Polk County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Polk County compares
The same measures for Texas 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.
| Measure | Polk County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Spending per listing | $8.7M | $7.3M | $6.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,579 | 1,735 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.0% | +6.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,342 | $1,545 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $62,259 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 87 |
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
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,434+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 19,517
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,057 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $62,259+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,481
- Median home value
- $184,800
- Jobs located here
- 11,638
- Daytime population
- 47,308Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Guadalupe County, TX | 93 | 9 | 1.4 | $11.7M | +15.8% | #2 of 847 |
| 2Parker County, TX | 92 | 10 | 1.8 | $9.8M | +23.5% | #4 of 847 |
| 3Ellis County, TX | 92 | 14 | 2.0 | $8.5M | +24.0% | #5 of 847 |
| 4Comal County, TX | 91 | 10 | 1.4 | $12.4M | +27.9% | #7 of 847 |
| 5Johnson County, TX | 91 | 10 | 1.5 | $10.2M | +20.5% | #8 of 847 |
| 6Rockwall County, TX | 85 | 8 | 1.9 | $9.9M | +28.9% | #19 of 847 |
| 7Denton County, TX | 83 | 76 | 2.1 | $8.7M | +16.9% | #28 of 847 |
| 8Hays County, TX | 83 | 19 | 1.9 | $8.6M | +24.8% | #29 of 847 |
| 9Bastrop County, TX | 82 | 8 | 2.2 | $7.2M | +21.3% | #31 of 847 |
| 10Hidalgo County, TX | 81 | 23 | 0.9 | $15M | +5.6% | #32 of 847 |
| Polk County, TX | Not scored | 3 | 1.5 | $8.7M | +5.9% |
Other business types in Polk 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
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many house cleaning businesses are in Polk County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 house cleaning businesses in Polk County. The listings count house cleaners and carpet cleaners. No official count is published for janitorial and carpet cleaning services in Polk County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Polk County, TX spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $26.2M a year, or $1,342 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 house cleaning businesses on map listings, it comes to $8.7M 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 19,517 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, TX compare with the U.S. for house cleaning businesses?
Polk County has 1.5 house cleaning businesses per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 2.2. Spending per business is $8.7M, 36% above the U.S. figure of $6.4M. At the U.S. ratio of house cleaning businesses to household spending, Polk County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Polk County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 53,434 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,517 households. The median household income in Polk County is $62,259 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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. Polk County has no market score for house cleaning businesses: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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