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Laundromats in Clay County, MS

How Clay County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,478 a household
Spending per listing
$11.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
18,238
−2.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 laundromat in Clay County. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Clay County comes to about $11.5M a year: $1,478 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $11.5M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Clay County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Clay County declined 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 laundromat on map listings, Clay County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Clay County compares

The same measures for Mississippi 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 Clay County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureClay CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.31.51.6
Spending per listing$11.5M$10.9M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a27,93711,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.8%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,478$1,677$2,055
Median household income$43,125$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored34

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
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Clay 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 Clay County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,238−2.0% since 2020
Households
7,805
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
410 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$43,125+35.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,753
Median home value
$129,100
Jobs located here
7,035
Daytime population
17,349Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for laundromats, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Clay County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1DeSoto County, MS7671.0$19.8M+6.3%#93 of 785
2Madison County, MS6771.6$12.9M+6.5%#192 of 785
3Rankin County, MS6571.2$16.4M+3.2%#205 of 785
4Harrison County, MS51141.7$10.1M+4.0%#372 of 785
5Jackson County, MS33142.4$7.3M+3.0%#583 of 785
6Hinds County, MS30202.2$7.1M−6.6%#619 of 785
7Lee County, MS2672.1$8.2M+0.5%#663 of 785
8Forrest County, MS2562.0$8.3M+1.1%#668 of 785
9Jones County, MS1852.0$8.2M−1.0%#720 of 785
10Lauderdale County, MS1562.1$7.7M−3.2%#742 of 785
Clay County, MSNot scored11.3$11.5M−2.0%

Other business types in Clay County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Clay County, MS?

There is 1 laundromat on map listings in Clay County as of September 2026. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Clay County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Clay County, MS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $11.5M a year, or $1,478 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 laundromat on map listings, it comes to $11.5M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,805 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clay County, MS compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Clay County has 1 laundromat on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending.

How fast is Clay County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Clay County at 18,238 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,805 households. The median household income in Clay County is $43,125 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Clay County has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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