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Laundromats in Columbia County, OR
How Columbia County, OR compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $37.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,785 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.3M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,091
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Columbia County comes to about $37.3M a year: $1,785 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9.3M per laundromat, 25% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There are 4 laundromats on map listings in Columbia County as of September 2026. That comes to 1.9 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in Columbia County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Columbia County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 laundromats on map listings, Columbia County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Columbia County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Columbia County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $9.3M | $15.1M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 23,867 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.0% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,785 | $1,858 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $87,458 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 58 |
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
- 41 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 Columbia 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 Columbia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,091+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 20,928
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 659 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $87,458+40.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,740
- Median home value
- $421,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,194
- Daytime population
- 38,631Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, OR | 83 | 17 | 0.7 | $29.5M | +1.8% | #40 of 785 |
| 2Deschutes County, OR | 77 | 9 | 1.1 | $18.5M | +6.8% | #88 of 785 |
| 3Clackamas County, OR | 76 | 10 | 0.6 | $34.2M | +0.9% | #91 of 785 |
| 4Multnomah County, OR | 63 | 36 | 1.0 | $19.1M | −2.6% | #226 of 785 |
| 5Benton County, OR | 58 | 5 | 1.3 | $14.1M | +4.4% | #292 of 785 |
| 6Linn County, OR | 55 | 5 | 1.0 | $16.8M | +3.0% | #319 of 785 |
| 7Yamhill County, OR | 54 | 5 | 1.3 | $14.6M | +2.2% | #334 of 785 |
| 8Marion County, OR | 49 | 23 | 1.8 | $9.7M | +2.7% | #394 of 785 |
| 9Lane County, OR | 41 | 22 | 1.4 | $12.2M | −0.7% | #493 of 785 |
| 10Jackson County, OR | 40 | 11 | 1.2 | $14.3M | −0.9% | #504 of 785 |
| Columbia County, OR | Not scored | 4 | 1.9 | $9.3M | +2.6% |
Other business types in Columbia County
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
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Columbia County, OR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 laundromats in Columbia County. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Columbia County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Columbia County, OR spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $37.3M a year, or $1,785 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $9.3M 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 20,928 households in Columbia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Columbia County, OR compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Columbia County has 1.9 laundromats per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $9.3M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Columbia County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Columbia County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Columbia County at 54,091 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,928 households. Median household income in Columbia County is $87,458, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.5%, 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. Columbia County has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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