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Laundromats in Schuylkill County, PA
How Schuylkill 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #371 of 785 scored counties
#21 of 43 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $116.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,015 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.7M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.7
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,085
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,015 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Schuylkill County spend about $116.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 10 laundromats, that is $11.7M per laundromat, 7% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
Schuylkill County has 10 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 1.7 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in Schuylkill County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Schuylkill County grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for laundromats in Schuylkill County is 51 (upper middle), #371 of 785 scored counties and #21 of 43 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Schuylkill 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.
| Measure | Schuylkill County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $11.7M | $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 | +1.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,015 | $2,270 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $68,313 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 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
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,085+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 57,988
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 779 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 184
- Median household income
- $68,313+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,756
- Median home value
- $153,000
- Jobs located here
- 51,690
- Daytime population
- 129,785Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chester County, PA | 87 | 21 | 1.0 | $28.7M | +4.2% | #23 of 785 |
| 2York County, PA | 76 | 31 | 1.7 | $13.3M | +3.6% | #95 of 785 |
| 3Montgomery County, PA | 74 | 43 | 1.3 | $21.8M | +2.4% | #110 of 785 |
| 4Bucks County, PA | 70 | 31 | 1.2 | $22.3M | +0.3% | #150 of 785 |
| 5Centre County, PA | 70 | 6 | 1.0 | $21.9M | −0.4% | #151 of 785 |
| 6Northampton County, PA | 70 | 22 | 1.8 | $13.3M | +3.7% | #157 of 785 |
| 7Butler County, PA | 70 | 15 | 1.9 | $12.9M | +3.2% | #158 of 785 |
| 8Lancaster County, PA | 68 | 38 | 1.8 | $13.1M | +1.9% | #184 of 785 |
| 9Allegheny County, PA | 66 | 89 | 1.6 | $14.1M | −2.0% | #200 of 785 |
| 10Westmoreland County, PA | 65 | 24 | 1.5 | $14M | −1.4% | #208 of 785 |
| 21Schuylkill County, PA | 51 | 10 | 1.7 | $11.7M | +1.5% | #371 of 785 |
Other business types in Schuylkill 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
- Clothing, shoes and laundry83
- Clothing and shoe stores83
- Laundromats51
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Schuylkill County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 laundromats in Schuylkill County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Schuylkill County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Schuylkill County, PA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $116.9M a year, or $2,015 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $11.7M 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 57,988 households in Schuylkill County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Schuylkill County, PA compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Schuylkill County has 1.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $11.7M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Schuylkill County would have about 9, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Schuylkill County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Schuylkill County at 145,085 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,988 households. Median household income in Schuylkill County is $68,313, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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. Schuylkill County scores 51 for laundromats (upper middle), #371 of 785 scored counties.
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