Clothing and laundry · Metro area · California
Laundromats in the El Centro, CA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in the El Centro, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #281 of 364 scored metro areas
#14 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $77.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,563 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.9M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 181,411
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for laundromats in the El Centro metro area is 33 (lower middle), #281 of 364 scored metro areas and #14 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the El Centro metro area spend about $77.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,563 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 laundromats, that is $12.9M per laundromat, 3% above 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 El Centro metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in the El Centro metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in the El Centro metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the El Centro metro 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 | El Centro metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $12.9M | $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 | +1.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,563 | $2,085 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $57,681 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 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
- 60 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 coin-operated laundries in the El Centro 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 El Centro metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 181,411+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 49,644
- Median age
- 33.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,176 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $57,681+21.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,363
- Median home value
- $309,600
- Jobs located here
- 63,081
- Daytime population
- 165,766Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 63 | 187 | 1.3 | $14.8M | +3.5% | #102 of 364 |
| 2Stockton-Lodi, CA | 60 | 33 | 1.3 | $14.5M | +5.5% | #114 of 364 |
| 3Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 57 | 133 | 1.5 | $13.4M | +3.2% | #133 of 364 |
| 4Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 53 | 32 | 1.7 | $12.7M | −0.4% | #164 of 364 |
| 5San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 49 | 128 | 1.9 | $14.1M | −0.6% | #183 of 364 |
| 6Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 44 | 42 | 1.5 | $11.6M | +2.3% | #214 of 364 |
| 7Vallejo, CA | 42 | 26 | 1.7 | $12.4M | +0.6% | #223 of 364 |
| 8San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 41 | 23 | 2.1 | $9.6M | 0.0% | #236 of 364 |
| 9Modesto, CA | 40 | 26 | 1.5 | $12.4M | +0.7% | #240 of 364 |
| 10Fresno, CA | 38 | 71 | 1.9 | $9.2M | +3.2% | #255 of 364 |
| 14El Centro, CA | 33 | 6 | 1.2 | $12.9M | +1.1% | #281 of 364 |
Other business types in the El Centro metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many laundromats are in the El Centro, CA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 laundromats in the El Centro metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the El Centro metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the El Centro, CA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $77.6M a year, or $1,563 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $12.9M 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 49,644 households in the El Centro metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the El Centro, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The El Centro metro area has 1.2 laundromats per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $12.9M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending.
How fast is the El Centro, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the El Centro metro area at 181,411 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,644 households. Median household income in the El Centro metro area is $57,681, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.1%, 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 El Centro metro area scores 33 for laundromats (lower middle), #281 of 364 scored metro areas.
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