Clothing and laundry · County · Indiana
Laundromats in Ripley County, IN
How Ripley County, IN compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #723 of 785 scored counties
#18 of 19 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,866 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,434
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for laundromats in Ripley County is 18 (low), #723 of 785 scored counties and #18 of 19 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Ripley County comes to about $21.5M a year: $1,866 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 laundromats, that is $4.3M per laundromat, 66% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There are 5 laundromats on map listings in Ripley County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.3, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 1.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Ripley County classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 3,844 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ripley County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Ripley County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Ripley County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $14.9M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,844 | 15,345 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.8% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,866 | $1,935 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $70,573 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $169K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Ripley 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 Ripley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,434+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,531
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 446 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $70,573+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,934
- Median home value
- $222,500
- Jobs located here
- 10,343
- Daytime population
- 26,139Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for laundromats, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Ripley County marked.
Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, IN | 88 | 5 | 0.8 | $26.9M | +7.4% | #17 of 785 |
| 2Allen County, IN | 72 | 20 | 1.3 | $14.9M | +4.2% | #140 of 785 |
| 3Hancock County, IN | 71 | 6 | 1.8 | $12.3M | +13.5% | #149 of 785 |
| 4Porter County, IN | 62 | 7 | 1.0 | $20.7M | +1.6% | #234 of 785 |
| 5Vanderburgh County, IN | 60 | 6 | 0.8 | $23.5M | +0.9% | #259 of 785 |
| 6Marion County, IN | 55 | 47 | 1.2 | $16.1M | +1.6% | #320 of 785 |
| 7Clark County, IN | 55 | 9 | 1.8 | $10.9M | +7.5% | #327 of 785 |
| 8Lake County, IN | 53 | 29 | 1.5 | $13M | +1.1% | #341 of 785 |
| 9Madison County, IN | 49 | 10 | 1.9 | $9.5M | +3.8% | #396 of 785 |
| 10Monroe County, IN | 48 | 9 | 1.5 | $12.4M | +1.9% | #399 of 785 |
| 18Ripley County, IN | 18 | 5 | 4.3 | $4.3M | +1.6% | #723 of 785 |
Other business types in Ripley 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
- Clothing, shoes and laundry65
- Clothing and shoe stores60
- Laundromats18
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Ripley County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 laundromats in Ripley County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in Ripley County, IN spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $21.5M a year, or $1,866 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 11,531 households in Ripley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ripley County, IN compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Ripley County has 4.3 laundromats per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $4.3M, 66% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Ripley County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,844 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is Ripley County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Ripley County at 29,434 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,531 households. Median household income in Ripley County is $70,573, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Ripley County scores 18 for laundromats (low), #723 of 785 scored counties.
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