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Laundromats in Whitman County, WA

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$30.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,622 a household
Spending per listing
$30.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
48,512
+1.5% 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

Households in Whitman County spend about $30.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,622 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $30.4M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.

Whitman County has 1 laundromat on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in Whitman County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Whitman County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 laundromat on map listings, Whitman County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Whitman County compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Whitman County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureWhitman CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.50.91.6
Spending per listing$30.4M$21.9M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a23,75811,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.8%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,622$2,048$2,055
Median household income$55,406$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored83

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Whitman 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 Whitman County

Population, 2025 estimate
48,512+1.5% since 2020
Households
18,721
Median age
33.7
Homes lived in by their owners
47%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,159 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$55,406+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,165
Median home value
$359,600
Jobs located here
19,571
Daytime population
49,541Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Washington

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

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1King County, WA87680.7$32.6M+3.1%#22 of 785
2Clark County, WA85150.8$26M+5.3%#29 of 785
3Snohomish County, WA85280.9$24.6M+4.9%#30 of 785
4Kitsap County, WA7850.5$44.6M+2.7%#76 of 785
5Benton County, WA7670.9$21.2M+6.9%#92 of 785
6Thurston County, WA7550.4$45.6M+2.8%#96 of 785
7Pierce County, WA75341.0$20.7M+2.5%#101 of 785
8Spokane County, WA73150.7$25.9M+3.2%#117 of 785
9Whatcom County, WA66131.4$13.3M+3.9%#201 of 785
10Cowlitz County, WA5551.1$15.1M+3.5%#321 of 785
Whitman County, WANot scored10.5$30.4M+1.5%

Other business types in Whitman County

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in Whitman County, WA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 laundromat in Whitman County. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Whitman County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Whitman County, WA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $30.4M a year, or $1,622 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 laundromat on map listings, it comes to $30.4M 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 18,721 households in Whitman County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Whitman County, WA compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

Whitman County has 1 laundromat on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending, Whitman County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Whitman County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Whitman County at 48,512 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,721 households. Median household income in Whitman County is $55,406, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.6%, 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. Whitman County has no market score for laundromats: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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