Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Missouri
Laundromats in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area
The laundromats in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #252 of 364 scored metro areas
#6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $70.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,835 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.7M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,215
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,835 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Cape Girardeau metro area spend about $70.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $11.7M per laundromat, 6% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
The Cape Girardeau metro area has 6 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in the Cape Girardeau metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in the Cape Girardeau metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Cape Girardeau metro area scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #252 of 364 scored metro areas and #6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.
How the Cape Girardeau metro area compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Cape Girardeau metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $11.7M | $13.8M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 19,002 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.5% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,835 | $1,939 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $66,759 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 49 |
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 Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,215+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 38,299
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,432 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 69
- Median household income
- $66,759+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,168
- Median home value
- $208,400
- Jobs located here
- 42,124
- Daytime population
- 96,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for laundromats, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Cape Girardeau metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbia, MO | 79 | 6 | 0.7 | $28.2M | +3.9% | #21 of 364 |
| 2Jefferson City, MO | 70 | 5 | 0.9 | $22.4M | +2.2% | #63 of 364 |
| 3Kansas City, MO-KS | 69 | 113 | 1.3 | $16.7M | +3.4% | #72 of 364 |
| 4St. Louis, MO-IL | 56 | 158 | 1.4 | $15.3M | −0.2% | #141 of 364 |
| 5Springfield, MO | 56 | 25 | 1.3 | $14.6M | +5.1% | #142 of 364 |
| 6Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 38 | 6 | 1.6 | $11.7M | +1.7% | #252 of 364 |
| 7St. Joseph, MO-KS | 36 | 6 | 1.3 | $14.1M | −2.0% | #263 of 364 |
| 8Joplin, MO-KS | 33 | 18 | 2.3 | $7.8M | +3.9% | #284 of 364 |
Other business types in the Cape Girardeau metro area
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 laundry32
- Clothing and shoe stores27
- Laundromats38
- Dry cleaners23
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 laundromats in the Cape Girardeau metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Cape Girardeau metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $70.3M a year, or $1,835 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $11.7M 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 38,299 households in the Cape Girardeau metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Cape Girardeau metro area has 1.6 laundromats per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $11.7M, 6% below 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 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Cape Girardeau metro area at 99,215 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,299 households. Median household income in the Cape Girardeau metro area is $66,759, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. The Cape Girardeau metro area scores 38 for laundromats (lower middle), #252 of 364 scored metro areas.
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