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Laundromats in Marion County, OR

How Marion County, OR compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #394 of 785 scored counties
#8 of 16 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
23
9 chain locations (39%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$222.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,757 a household
Spending per listing
$9.7M
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.8
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
355,777
+2.7% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Marion County comes to about $222.9M a year: $1,757 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $9.7M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

Marion County has 23 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.8, 13% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Marion County classed as coin-operated laundries. That is one for every 21,145 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Marion County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for laundromats in Marion County is 49 (lower middle), #394 of 785 scored counties and #8 of 16 scored counties in Oregon.

How Marion 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.

Laundromats in Marion County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureMarion CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.81.21.6
Spending per listing$9.7M$15.1M$12.5M
Households per official establishment21,14523,86711,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.0%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,757$1,858$2,055
Median household income$77,351$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score4958

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 6
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$504K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
239 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 Marion 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 Marion County

Population, 2025 estimate
355,777+2.7% since 2020
Households
126,870
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,181 sq. mi.
People per square mile
296
Median household income
$77,351+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,449
Median home value
$416,400
Jobs located here
170,733
Daytime population
368,513Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Oregon

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for laundromats, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Marion County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, OR83170.7$29.5M+1.8%#40 of 785
2Deschutes County, OR7791.1$18.5M+6.8%#88 of 785
3Clackamas County, OR76100.6$34.2M+0.9%#91 of 785
4Multnomah County, OR63361.0$19.1M−2.6%#226 of 785
5Benton County, OR5851.3$14.1M+4.4%#292 of 785
6Linn County, OR5551.0$16.8M+3.0%#319 of 785
7Yamhill County, OR5451.3$14.6M+2.2%#334 of 785
8Marion County, OR49231.8$9.7M+2.7%#394 of 785
9Lane County, OR41221.4$12.2M−0.7%#493 of 785
10Jackson County, OR40111.2$14.3M−0.9%#504 of 785

Other business types in Marion County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Marion County, OR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 laundromats in Marion County. 9 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in Marion County, OR spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $222.9M 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 23 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $9.7M 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 126,870 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Marion County, OR compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Marion County has 1.8 laundromats per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $9.7M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Marion County would have about 18, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 21,145 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is Marion County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Marion County at 355,777 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 126,870 households. Median household income in Marion County is $77,351, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.7%, 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. 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. Marion County scores 49 for laundromats (lower middle), #394 of 785 scored counties.

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