Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · California
Laundromats in the Clearlake, CA area
How the Clearlake, CA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #105 of 150 scored small-town markets
#2 of 5 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $44.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,641 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.4M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,772
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Clearlake area comes to about $44.2M a year: $1,641 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.4M per laundromat, 41% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There are 6 laundromats on map listings in the Clearlake area as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 33%, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 2.2 for every 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in the Clearlake area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in the Clearlake area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For laundromats, the Clearlake area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #105 of 150 scored small-town markets and #2 of 5 scored small-town markets based in California.
How the Clearlake area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Clearlake area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $7.4M | $10.1M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 10,970 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.1% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,641 | $2,085 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $60,621 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 25 |
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
- 62 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 coin-operated laundries in the Clearlake 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 Clearlake area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,772−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 26,940
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,255 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $60,621+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,306
- Median home value
- $324,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,936
- Daytime population
- 61,990Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 73 | 7 | 1.6 | $12.1M | −0.4% | #22 of 150 |
| 2Clearlake, CA | 38 | 6 | 2.2 | $7.4M | −0.6% | #105 of 150 |
| 3Ukiah, CA | 35 | 7 | 2.0 | $8.4M | −3.5% | #114 of 150 |
| 4Sonora, CA | 33 | 6 | 2.6 | $6.8M | −4.0% | #122 of 150 |
| 5Eureka-Arcata, CA | 20 | 17 | 3.1 | $5.3M | −3.4% | #141 of 150 |
Other business types in the Clearlake 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 laundry61
- Clothing and shoe stores63
- Laundromats38
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Clearlake, CA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 laundromats in the Clearlake area. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Clearlake area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Clearlake, CA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $44.2M a year, or $1,641 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $7.4M 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 26,940 households in the Clearlake area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Clearlake, CA area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Clearlake area has 2.2 laundromats per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $7.4M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Clearlake area would have about 4, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is the Clearlake, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Clearlake area at 67,772 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,940 households. Median household income in the Clearlake area is $60,621, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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 Clearlake area scores 38 for laundromats (lower middle), #105 of 150 scored small-town markets.
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