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Laundromats in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area

The laundromats in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 16 out of 100: Low

Ranked #351 of 364 scored metro areas
#24 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
45
7 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$304.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,804 a household
Spending per listing
$6.8M
46% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.7
69% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
451,191
+1.1% 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

The Corpus Christi metro area scores 16 (low) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #351 of 364 scored metro areas and #24 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 laundromats in the Corpus Christi metro area. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.7, 69% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

Households in the Corpus Christi metro area spend about $304.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,804 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.8M per laundromat, 46% below 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Corpus Christi metro area was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 8,046 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $6.4M have gone to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Corpus Christi metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Corpus Christi metro area grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Corpus Christi metro area compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Corpus Christi, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureCorpus Christi metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.71.71.6
Spending per listing$6.8M$11.5M$12.5M
Households per official establishment8,04612,65011,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.4%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,804$1,983$2,055
Median household income$67,453$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score1646

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
21
Employees, 2023
151
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
457 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$6.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as coin-operated laundries in the Corpus Christi 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 Corpus Christi metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
451,191+1.1% since 2020
Households
168,972
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,785 sq. mi.
People per square mile
251
Median household income
$67,453
Average household income
$90,916
Median home value
$210,400
Jobs located here
180,865
Daytime population
440,499Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for laundromats, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Corpus Christi metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX86890.9$25M+14.0%#5 of 364
2Midland, TX6991.3$16.7M+9.8%#71 of 364
3College Station-Bryan, TX68111.0$17.1M+6.9%#76 of 364
4Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX674291.5$14.3M+10.6%#79 of 364
5Lubbock, TX65161.1$15.6M+4.6%#90 of 364
6Sherman-Denison, TX5291.6$11.4M+12.8%#172 of 364
7Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX475322.0$10.3M+10.3%#199 of 364
8Tyler, TX47161.9$9.8M+7.8%#200 of 364
9Abilene, TX4691.4$12.9M+4.8%#202 of 364
10San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX431741.8$10.7M+9.5%#221 of 364
24Corpus Christi, TX16452.7$6.8M+1.1%#351 of 364

Other business types in the Corpus Christi metro area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area?

There are 45 laundromats on map listings in the Corpus Christi metro area as of September 2026. 7 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.

How much do households in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $304.9M a year, or $1,804 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $6.8M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 168,972 households in the Corpus Christi metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Corpus Christi, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Corpus Christi metro area has 2.7 laundromats per 10,000 households, 69% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $6.8M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Corpus Christi metro area would have about 24, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,046 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.

How fast is the Corpus Christi, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Corpus Christi metro area at 451,191 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 168,972 households. The median household income in the Corpus Christi metro area is $67,453 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Corpus Christi metro area scores 16 for laundromats (low), #351 of 364 scored metro areas.

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