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Laundromats in Hidalgo County, TX
How Hidalgo County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #513 of 785 scored counties
#33 of 57 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 68
- 19 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $439.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,628 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.5M
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 56% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 921,549
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Hidalgo County comes to about $439.9M a year: $1,628 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.5M per laundromat, 48% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
Hidalgo County has 68 laundromats on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in Hidalgo County in 2023. That is one for every 19,301 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hidalgo County grew 5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hidalgo County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #513 of 785 scored counties and #33 of 57 scored counties in Texas.
How Hidalgo County 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.
| Measure | Hidalgo County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $6.5M | $11.5M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 19,301 | 12,650 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.4% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,628 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $54,338 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $832K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6819 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 921,549+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 270,210
- Median age
- 31.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 568
- Median household income
- $54,338+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,309
- Median home value
- $140,900
- Jobs located here
- 292,679
- Daytime population
- 862,027Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Collin County, TX | 94 | 21 | 0.5 | $49.2M | +20.6% | #3 of 785 |
| 2Williamson County, TX | 94 | 15 | 0.6 | $39.4M | +22.3% | #4 of 785 |
| 3Denton County, TX | 94 | 30 | 0.8 | $28.5M | +16.9% | #5 of 785 |
| 4Hays County, TX | 93 | 7 | 0.7 | $29.9M | +24.8% | #6 of 785 |
| 5Comal County, TX | 93 | 6 | 0.8 | $26.7M | +27.9% | #8 of 785 |
| 6Fort Bend County, TX | 86 | 17 | 0.6 | $40.9M | +17.4% | #26 of 785 |
| 7Johnson County, TX | 84 | 6 | 0.9 | $21.7M | +20.5% | #38 of 785 |
| 8Montgomery County, TX | 83 | 26 | 1.1 | $21.2M | +24.9% | #43 of 785 |
| 9Guadalupe County, TX | 83 | 7 | 1.1 | $19.2M | +15.8% | #45 of 785 |
| 10Travis County, TX | 82 | 57 | 1.0 | $23.3M | +7.2% | #49 of 785 |
| 33Hidalgo County, TX | 40 | 68 | 2.5 | $6.5M | +5.6% | #513 of 785 |
Other business types in Hidalgo 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 laundry25
- Clothing and shoe stores24
- Laundromats40
- Dry cleaners58
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Hidalgo County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 68 laundromats in Hidalgo County. 19 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in 2023.
How much do households in Hidalgo County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $439.9M a year, or $1,628 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 270,210 households in Hidalgo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hidalgo County, TX compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Hidalgo County has 2.5 laundromats per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $6.5M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Hidalgo County would have about 35, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,301 households, against one for every 11,865 across the U.S.
How fast is Hidalgo County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hidalgo County at 921,549 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 270,210 households. Median household income in Hidalgo County is $54,338, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.8%, 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. Hidalgo County scores 40 for laundromats (lower middle), #513 of 785 scored counties.
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