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Laundromats in Eddy County, NM

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 14 out of 100: Low

Ranked #754 of 785 scored counties
#7 of 10 scored counties in New Mexico

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$41.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,757 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
63% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.8
2.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
62,509
+0.3% 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

For laundromats, Eddy County has a Groundwork market score of 14 (low): #754 of 785 scored counties and #7 of 10 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Eddy County spend about $41.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,757 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.6M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 63% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

There are 9 laundromats on map listings in Eddy County as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 1.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Eddy County classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 5,905 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Eddy County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Eddy County compares

The same measures for New Mexico 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 Eddy County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureEddy CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.81.81.6
Spending per listing$4.6M$9.1M$12.5M
Households per official establishment5,90512,31511,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.6%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,757$1,645$2,055
Median household income$78,426$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score1411

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$439K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
91 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Eddy 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 Eddy County

Population, 2025 estimate
62,509+0.3% since 2020
Households
23,620
Median age
36.6
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
4,176 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$78,426+20.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,979
Median home value
$212,600
Jobs located here
30,860
Daytime population
65,233Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across New Mexico

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

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM6961.1$17.4M+6.9%#165 of 785
2Santa Fe County, NM5791.3$14.5M+1.2%#302 of 785
3Doña Ana County, NM55111.3$11.9M+4.1%#325 of 785
4Bernalillo County, NM50371.3$13.1M−1.4%#379 of 785
5Valencia County, NM3551.8$8.6M+7.2%#561 of 785
6Lea County, NM1672.8$6M+0.2%#736 of 785
7Eddy County, NM1493.8$4.6M+0.3%#754 of 785
8Curry County, NM652.7$5.6M−3.5%#776 of 785
9San Juan County, NM6153.6$4.3M−0.9%#777 of 785
10McKinley County, NM0136.1$2.3M−6.1%#785 of 785

Other business types in Eddy County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Eddy County, NM?

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 laundromats in Eddy County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in Eddy County, NM spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $41.5M a year, or $1,757 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 23,620 households in Eddy County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Eddy County, NM compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Eddy County has 3.8 laundromats per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $4.6M, 63% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Eddy County would have about 3, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,905 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is Eddy County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Eddy County at 62,509 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,620 households. Median household income in Eddy County is $78,426, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.1%, 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. Eddy County scores 14 for laundromats (low), #754 of 785 scored counties.

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