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Laundromats in Crawford County, PA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 23 out of 100: Low

Ranked #687 of 785 scored counties
#42 of 43 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
12
3 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$64.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,900 a household
Spending per listing
$5.4M
57% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
2.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
81,792
−2.4% 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

Crawford County scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #687 of 785 scored counties and #42 of 43 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $1,900 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Crawford County spend about $64.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $5.4M per laundromat, 57% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

There are 12 laundromats on map listings in Crawford County as of September 2026. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 3.5 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 1.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Crawford County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 11,279 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Population estimates show Crawford County declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Crawford County 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.

Laundromats in Crawford County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.51.91.6
Spending per listing$5.4M$12.2M$12.5M
Households per official establishment11,27917,07111,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.7%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,900$2,270$2,055
Median household income$60,476$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score2343

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
6
Annual payroll, 2023
$82K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
123 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County

Population, 2025 estimate
81,792−2.4% since 2020
Households
33,838
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,012 sq. mi.
People per square mile
82
Median household income
$60,476+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,870
Median home value
$153,200
Jobs located here
28,045
Daytime population
77,378Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Pennsylvania

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

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chester County, PA87211.0$28.7M+4.2%#23 of 785
2York County, PA76311.7$13.3M+3.6%#95 of 785
3Montgomery County, PA74431.3$21.8M+2.4%#110 of 785
4Bucks County, PA70311.2$22.3M+0.3%#150 of 785
5Centre County, PA7061.0$21.9M−0.4%#151 of 785
6Northampton County, PA70221.8$13.3M+3.7%#157 of 785
7Butler County, PA70151.9$12.9M+3.2%#158 of 785
8Lancaster County, PA68381.8$13.1M+1.9%#184 of 785
9Allegheny County, PA66891.6$14.1M−2.0%#200 of 785
10Westmoreland County, PA65241.5$14M−1.4%#208 of 785
42Crawford County, PA23123.5$5.4M−2.4%#687 of 785

Other business types in Crawford County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Crawford County, PA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 12 laundromats in Crawford County. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in Crawford County, PA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $64.3M a year, or $1,900 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 33,838 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crawford County, PA compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Crawford County has 3.5 laundromats per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $5.4M, 57% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Crawford County would have about 5, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,279 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is Crawford County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 81,792 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,838 households. Median household income in Crawford County is $60,476, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.2%, 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. Crawford County scores 23 for laundromats (low), #687 of 785 scored counties.

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