Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · North Carolina
Laundromats in the Forest City, NC area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in the Forest City, NC area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #67 of 150 scored small-town markets
#4 of 7 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $42.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,591 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.5M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,745
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,591 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in the Forest City area spend about $42.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $8.5M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 32% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
The Forest City area has 5 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in the Forest City area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Forest City area grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Forest City area scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #67 of 150 scored small-town markets and #4 of 7 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina.
How the Forest City area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Forest City area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $8.5M | $16.8M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 13,859 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.3% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,591 | $1,894 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $51,410 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 61 |
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
- 51 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 the Forest City 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 Forest City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,745+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 26,642
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 565 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $51,410+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,230
- Median home value
- $201,800
- Jobs located here
- 19,241
- Daytime population
- 55,091Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Carolina for laundromats, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Forest City area marked.
Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson Creek, NC | 81 | 7 | 1.4 | $12.8M | +12.3% | #7 of 150 |
| 2New Bern, NC | 79 | 5 | 1.0 | $18M | +3.6% | #10 of 150 |
| 3Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 75 | 5 | 1.3 | $12.9M | +3.4% | #16 of 150 |
| 4Forest City, NC | 52 | 5 | 1.9 | $8.5M | +2.1% | #67 of 150 |
| 5Lumberton, NC | 42 | 12 | 2.8 | $5.3M | +3.4% | #93 of 150 |
| 6Henderson, NC | 19 | 5 | 3.1 | $5.2M | +0.2% | #142 of 150 |
| 7Roanoke Rapids, NC | 7 | 9 | 3.2 | $4.9M | −4.3% | #149 of 150 |
Other business types in the Forest City 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 laundry62
- Clothing and shoe stores61
- Laundromats52
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Forest City, NC area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 laundromats in the Forest City area. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Forest City area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Forest City, NC area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $42.4M a year, or $1,591 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $8.5M 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 26,642 households in the Forest City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Forest City, NC area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Forest City area has 1.9 laundromats per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $8.5M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Forest City area would have about 3, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is the Forest City, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Forest City area at 65,745 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,642 households. Median household income in the Forest City area is $51,410, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Forest City area scores 52 for laundromats (upper middle), #67 of 150 scored small-town markets.
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