Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Arkansas
Laundromats in the Jonesboro, AR metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in the Jonesboro, AR metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #272 of 364 scored metro areas
#3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $90.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,694 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.3M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 139,440
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Jonesboro metro area spend about $90.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,694 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $11.3M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
The Jonesboro metro area has 8 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.5, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in the Jonesboro metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jonesboro metro area grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For laundromats, the Jonesboro metro area has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #272 of 364 scored metro areas and #3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Arkansas.
How the Jonesboro metro area compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the laundromats 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 | Jonesboro metro area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $11.3M | $12.2M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 22,754 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.4% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,694 | $1,725 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $56,738 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 44 |
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
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 coin-operated laundries in the Jonesboro 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 Jonesboro metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 139,440+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 53,229
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,466 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $56,738+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,333
- Median home value
- $192,200
- Jobs located here
- 59,276
- Daytime population
- 139,762Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arkansas for laundromats, numbered among those based in Arkansas (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Jonesboro metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 76 | 24 | 1.1 | $17.9M | +13.1% | #35 of 364 |
| 2Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 57 | 37 | 1.2 | $15.2M | +3.8% | #129 of 364 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 47 | 65 | 1.2 | $14.7M | −0.3% | #194 of 364 |
| 3Jonesboro, AR | 35 | 8 | 1.5 | $11.3M | +3.6% | #272 of 364 |
| 4Fort Smith, AR-OK | 34 | 16 | 1.8 | $9.5M | +3.1% | #277 of 364 |
| 5Hot Springs, AR | 32 | 5 | 1.1 | $14.4M | −0.6% | #285 of 364 |
| Texarkana, TX-AR | 29 | 9 | 1.6 | $10.4M | −0.4% | #306 of 364 |
Other business types in the Jonesboro 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 laundry31
- Clothing and shoe stores25
- Laundromats35
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Jonesboro, AR metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 laundromats in the Jonesboro metro area. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Jonesboro metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Jonesboro, AR metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $90.2M a year, or $1,694 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $11.3M per laundromat. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 53,229 households in the Jonesboro metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jonesboro, AR metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Jonesboro metro area has 1.5 laundromats per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $11.3M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Jonesboro metro area would have about 7, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is the Jonesboro, AR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jonesboro metro area at 139,440 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 53,229 households. Median household income in the Jonesboro metro area is $56,738, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.2%, 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 Jonesboro metro area scores 35 for laundromats (lower middle), #272 of 364 scored metro areas.
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