Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Texas
Laundromats in the Port Lavaca, TX area
How the Port Lavaca, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for laundromats: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #138 of 150 scored small-town markets
#5 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 5
- 2 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $16.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,893 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 74% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 3.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,599
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for laundromats in the Port Lavaca area is 24 (low), #138 of 150 scored small-town markets and #5 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 laundromats in the Port Lavaca area. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. That comes to 5.8 for every 10,000 households, 3.6 times the U.S. rate of 1.6.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Port Lavaca area comes to about $16.4M a year: $1,893 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.3M per laundromat, 74% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as coin-operated laundries in the Port Lavaca area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Port Lavaca area declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Port Lavaca 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.
| Measure | Port Lavaca area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $11.5M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 12,650 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.4% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,893 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $79,959 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 46 |
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
- 52 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Port Lavaca 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 Port Lavaca area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,599−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,670
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 507 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $79,959+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,381
- Median home value
- $171,200
- Jobs located here
- 10,873
- Daytime population
- 22,043Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for laundromats, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Port Lavaca area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Athens, TX | 81 | 5 | 1.5 | $11.8M | +7.5% | #8 of 150 |
| 2Lufkin, TX | 60 | 6 | 1.9 | $9.1M | +1.9% | #45 of 150 |
| 3Nacogdoches, TX | 54 | 5 | 2.0 | $8.3M | +2.2% | #58 of 150 |
| 4Huntsville, TX | 50 | 6 | 2.3 | $6.9M | +9.5% | #72 of 150 |
| 5Port Lavaca, TX | 24 | 5 | 5.8 | $3.3M | −2.3% | #138 of 150 |
| 6Bay City, TX | 21 | 7 | 4.5 | $3.8M | +0.5% | #140 of 150 |
| 7Alice, TX | 14 | 9 | 5.5 | $2.9M | −1.3% | #146 of 150 |
| 8Kingsville, TX | 12 | 7 | 5.9 | $2.8M | −2.2% | #147 of 150 |
Other business types in the Port Lavaca 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 laundry45
- Clothing and shoe stores52
- Laundromats24
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in the Port Lavaca, TX area?
There are 5 laundromats on map listings in the Port Lavaca area as of September 2026. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Port Lavaca area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Port Lavaca, TX area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $16.4M a year, or $1,893 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,670 households in the Port Lavaca area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Port Lavaca, TX area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
The Port Lavaca area has 5.8 laundromats per 10,000 households, 3.6 times the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $3.3M, 74% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Port Lavaca area would have about 1, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is the Port Lavaca, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Port Lavaca area at 19,599 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,670 households. The median household income in the Port Lavaca area is $79,959 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Port Lavaca area scores 24 for laundromats (low), #138 of 150 scored small-town markets.
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