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Laundromats in St. Clair County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in St. Clair County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #410 of 785 scored counties
#11 of 24 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
15
1 chain location (7%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$200M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,983 a household
Spending per listing
$13.3M
7% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.5
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
250,708
−2.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $1,983 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in St. Clair County spend about $200M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 15 laundromats, that is $13.3M per laundromat, 7% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

St. Clair County has 15 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 1.5 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in St. Clair County classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 12,606 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in St. Clair County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For laundromats, St. Clair County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #410 of 785 scored counties and #11 of 24 scored counties in Illinois.

How St. Clair County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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.

Laundromats in St. Clair County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Clair CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.51.71.6
Spending per listing$13.3M$12.8M$12.5M
Households per official establishment12,60610,62511,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.3%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,983$2,141$2,055
Median household income$73,854$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score4732

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 8
Employees, 2023
38
Annual payroll, 2023
$527K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
151 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 St. Clair 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 St. Clair County

Population, 2025 estimate
250,708−2.5% since 2020
Households
100,846
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
658 sq. mi.
People per square mile
386
Median household income
$73,854+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,153
Median home value
$180,300
Jobs located here
90,959
Daytime population
229,240Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for laundromats, numbered among those based in Illinois, with St. Clair County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Will County, IL71291.2$20.2M+2.2%#142 of 785
2McLean County, IL6960.9$24.1M+0.1%#159 of 785
3DuPage County, IL69541.5$16.2M+0.3%#168 of 785
4Champaign County, IL68101.2$16.3M+1.8%#181 of 785
5Lake County, IL64361.4$18M+0.8%#212 of 785
6McHenry County, IL64161.4$17.3M+2.5%#215 of 785
7Peoria County, IL6060.8$24.8M−1.6%#258 of 785
8Sangamon County, IL5680.9$21.2M−1.0%#313 of 785
9Kane County, IL50351.9$12.4M+1.8%#380 of 785
10Grundy County, IL5052.4$9M+2.9%#384 of 785
11St. Clair County, IL47151.5$13.3M−2.5%#410 of 785

Other business types in St. Clair County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in St. Clair County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 laundromats in St. Clair County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in St. Clair County, IL spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $200M a year, or $1,983 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $13.3M 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 100,846 households in St. Clair County and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Clair County, IL compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

St. Clair County has 1.5 laundromats per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $13.3M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, St. Clair County would have about 16, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,606 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Clair County, IL growing?

Population estimates put St. Clair County at 250,708 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 100,846 households. Median household income in St. Clair County is $73,854, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. St. Clair County scores 47 for laundromats (lower middle), #410 of 785 scored counties.

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