Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Pennsylvania
Laundromats in the Altoona, PA metro area
How the Altoona, PA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #249 of 364 scored metro areas
#12 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $100M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,978 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.5M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 119,541
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 laundromats in the Altoona metro area. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Altoona metro area comes to about $100M a year: $1,978 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 laundromats, that is $12.5M per laundromat, in line with the U.S. figure of $12.5M. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which laundromats share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Altoona metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show the Altoona metro area declined 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for laundromats in the Altoona metro area is 39 (lower middle), #249 of 364 scored metro areas and #12 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania.
How the Altoona metro area compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Altoona metro area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $12.5M | $12.2M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 17,071 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.7% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,978 | $2,270 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $62,382 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 43 |
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
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Altoona metro 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 Altoona metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 119,541−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 50,558
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 525 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 231
- Median household income
- $62,382+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,561
- Median home value
- $161,100
- Jobs located here
- 57,420
- Daytime population
- 126,336Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1York-Hanover, PA | 75 | 31 | 1.7 | $13.3M | +3.6% | #41 of 364 |
| 2State College, PA | 71 | 6 | 1.0 | $21.9M | −0.4% | #55 of 364 |
| 3Pittsburgh, PA | 64 | 175 | 1.6 | $13.6M | −1.3% | #95 of 364 |
| 4Lancaster, PA | 64 | 38 | 1.8 | $13.1M | +1.9% | #96 of 364 |
| 5Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 58 | 410 | 1.7 | $14.7M | +1.4% | #121 of 364 |
| 6Gettysburg, PA | 57 | 8 | 2.0 | $11.5M | +3.6% | #136 of 364 |
| 7Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 51 | 50 | 2.0 | $11.2M | +4.2% | #174 of 364 |
| 8Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 48 | 72 | 2.1 | $11M | +3.0% | #191 of 364 |
| 9Chambersburg, PA | 45 | 15 | 2.4 | $9.2M | +3.0% | #211 of 364 |
| 10Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA | 44 | 52 | 2.2 | $9.2M | +1.4% | #216 of 364 |
| 12Altoona, PA | 39 | 8 | 1.6 | $12.5M | −2.5% | #249 of 364 |
Other business types in the Altoona metro 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 laundry40
- Clothing and shoe stores34
- Laundromats39
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Altoona, PA metro area?
There are 8 laundromats on map listings in the Altoona metro area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Altoona metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Altoona, PA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $100M a year, or $1,978 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $12.5M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,558 households in the Altoona metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Altoona, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Altoona metro area has 1.6 laundromats per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $12.5M, in line with the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending.
How fast is the Altoona, PA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Altoona metro area at 119,541 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 50,558 households. The median household income in the Altoona metro area is $62,382 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Altoona metro area scores 39 for laundromats (lower middle), #249 of 364 scored metro areas.
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