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Laundromats in Cumberland County, NJ

The laundromats in Cumberland County, NJ, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #666 of 785 scored counties
#20 of 20 scored counties in New Jersey

Listings
23
2 chain locations (9%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$112.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,085 a household
Spending per listing
$4.9M
61% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
2.7 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
157,148
+2.2% 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

For laundromats, Cumberland County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #666 of 785 scored counties and #20 of 20 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 laundromats in Cumberland County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 9%, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.3, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Cumberland County comes to about $112.1M a year: $2,085 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $4.9M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 61% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Cumberland County classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 4,137 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Cumberland County. Population estimates show Cumberland County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Cumberland County compares

The same measures for New Jersey 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 Cumberland County, NJ compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasureCumberland CountyNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.32.71.6
Spending per listing$4.9M$9.9M$12.5M
Households per official establishment4,1375,95511,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.4%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,085$2,665$2,055
Median household income$67,436$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score2636

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 13
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$682K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
232 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County

Population, 2025 estimate
157,148+2.2% since 2020
Households
53,781
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
483 sq. mi.
People per square mile
317
Median household income
$67,436+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,848
Median home value
$221,400
Jobs located here
60,097
Daytime population
148,514Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across New Jersey

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The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for laundromats, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Cumberland County marked.

Top counties in New Jersey

Counties in New Jersey ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hunterdon County, NJ8561.2$26.3M+2.3%#28 of 785
2Gloucester County, NJ83151.3$19.6M+3.3%#44 of 785
3Burlington County, NJ83291.6$16.4M+4.3%#47 of 785
4Sussex County, NJ7581.4$19.8M+2.9%#102 of 785
5Ocean County, NJ65371.5$16M+5.6%#206 of 785
6Morris County, NJ62382.0$15.7M+3.2%#239 of 785
7Somerset County, NJ61272.1$15.1M+3.5%#254 of 785
8Camden County, NJ59402.0$12.1M+2.4%#283 of 785
9Warren County, NJ57102.2$11.2M+3.2%#310 of 785
10Monmouth County, NJ56471.9$15.7M+1.4%#314 of 785
20Cumberland County, NJ26234.3$4.9M+2.2%#666 of 785

Other business types in Cumberland County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Cumberland County, NJ?

There are 23 laundromats on map listings in Cumberland County as of September 2026. 2 of them (9%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in Cumberland County, NJ spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $112.1M a year, or $2,085 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $4.9M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 53,781 households in Cumberland County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cumberland County, NJ compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Cumberland County has 4.3 laundromats per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $4.9M, 61% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, Cumberland County would have about 9, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,137 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is Cumberland County, NJ growing?

Population estimates put Cumberland County at 157,148 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 53,781 households. The median household income in Cumberland County is $67,436 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.5% 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. Cumberland County scores 26 for laundromats (lower middle), #666 of 785 scored counties.

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