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Laundromats in McKinley County, NM
How McKinley County, NM compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 0 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #785 of 785 scored counties
#10 of 10 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,419 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 81% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 3.8 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 68,119
- −6.1% since 2020
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What this means
McKinley County scores 0 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #785 of 785 scored counties and #10 of 10 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,419 per household (31% below the U.S. average), households in McKinley County spend about $30.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 81% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
McKinley County has 13 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. That is 6.1 per 10,000 households, 3.8 times the U.S. rate of 1.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in McKinley County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 2,669 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of McKinley County declined 6.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How McKinley 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.
| Measure | McKinley County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $9.1M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,669 | 12,315 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.6% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.1% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,419 | $1,645 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $47,668 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 0 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- 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 McKinley 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 McKinley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,119−6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 21,353
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 5,451 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $47,668+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,961
- Median home value
- $78,700
- Jobs located here
- 19,649
- Daytime population
- 70,240Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for laundromats, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with McKinley County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 69 | 6 | 1.1 | $17.4M | +6.9% | #165 of 785 |
| 2Santa Fe County, NM | 57 | 9 | 1.3 | $14.5M | +1.2% | #302 of 785 |
| 3Doña Ana County, NM | 55 | 11 | 1.3 | $11.9M | +4.1% | #325 of 785 |
| 4Bernalillo County, NM | 50 | 37 | 1.3 | $13.1M | −1.4% | #379 of 785 |
| 5Valencia County, NM | 35 | 5 | 1.8 | $8.6M | +7.2% | #561 of 785 |
| 6Lea County, NM | 16 | 7 | 2.8 | $6M | +0.2% | #736 of 785 |
| 7Eddy County, NM | 14 | 9 | 3.8 | $4.6M | +0.3% | #754 of 785 |
| 8Curry County, NM | 6 | 5 | 2.7 | $5.6M | −3.5% | #776 of 785 |
| 9San Juan County, NM | 6 | 15 | 3.6 | $4.3M | −0.9% | #777 of 785 |
| 10McKinley County, NM | 0 | 13 | 6.1 | $2.3M | −6.1% | #785 of 785 |
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Questions
How many laundromats are in McKinley County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 laundromats in McKinley County. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in McKinley County, NM spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $30.3M a year, or $1,419 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 21,353 households in McKinley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McKinley County, NM compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
McKinley County has 6.1 laundromats per 10,000 households, 3.8 times the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $2.3M, 81% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, McKinley County would have about 2, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,669 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is McKinley County, NM growing?
Population estimates put McKinley County at 68,119 people in 2025, down 6.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,353 households. Median household income in McKinley County is $47,668, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.9%, 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. McKinley County scores 0 for laundromats (very low), #785 of 785 scored counties.
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