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Laundromats in St. Mary Parish, LA

How St. Mary Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 6 out of 100: Very low

Ranked #774 of 785 scored counties
#15 of 15 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
5
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$29.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,591 a household
Spending per listing
$5.9M
53% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.7
69% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,552
−5.3% 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

The Groundwork market score for laundromats in St. Mary Parish is 6 (very low), #774 of 785 scored counties and #15 of 15 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $1,591 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in St. Mary Parish spend about $29.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 5 laundromats, that is $5.9M per laundromat, 53% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

St. Mary Parish has 5 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.7, 69% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in St. Mary Parish, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show St. Mary Parish declined 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How St. Mary Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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. Mary Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Mary ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.71.41.6
Spending per listing$5.9M$12.9M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a22,84511,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.0%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,591$1,761$2,055
Median household income$52,576$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score637

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
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 St. Mary Parish, 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. Mary Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
46,552−5.3% since 2020
Households
18,463
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
559 sq. mi.
People per square mile
86
Median household income
$52,576+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,245
Median home value
$138,900
Jobs located here
20,344
Daytime population
47,916Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for laundromats, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. Mary Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Tammany Parish, LA82101.0$21M+5.3%#51 of 785
2Livingston Parish, LA7450.9$19.9M+8.5%#111 of 785
3Lafayette Parish, LA64131.3$14.3M+6.5%#220 of 785
4Bossier Parish, LA6061.2$15.3M+2.5%#261 of 785
5Tangipahoa Parish, LA4891.7$9.8M+5.8%#405 of 785
6East Baton Rouge Parish, LA47341.9$9.6M+0.1%#423 of 785
7Orleans Parish, LA44261.7$10.7M−5.5%#459 of 785
8Rapides Parish, LA4251.0$16.7M−2.9%#479 of 785
9Jefferson Parish, LA35271.5$11.9M−1.9%#554 of 785
10Calcasieu Parish, LA34121.5$11.9M−3.7%#565 of 785
15St. Mary Parish, LA652.7$5.9M−5.3%#774 of 785

Other business types in St. Mary Parish

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in St. Mary Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 laundromats in St. Mary Parish. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in St. Mary Parish: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in St. Mary Parish, LA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $29.4M a year, or $1,591 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $5.9M 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 18,463 households in St. Mary Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Mary Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

St. Mary Parish has 2.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $5.9M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, St. Mary Parish would have about 2, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is St. Mary Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Mary Parish at 46,552 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,463 households. Median household income in St. Mary Parish is $52,576, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. 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. Mary Parish scores 6 for laundromats (very low), #774 of 785 scored counties.

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