Clothing and laundry · County · West Virginia
Laundromats in McDowell County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for laundromats in McDowell County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
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
- $8.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,334 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 16,878
- −10.9% since 2020
See the laundromats around any address in McDowell County
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in McDowell County comes to about $8.6M a year: $1,334 per household, 35% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.6M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
There is 1 laundromat on map listings in McDowell County as of September 2026. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in McDowell County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show McDowell County declined 10.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 laundromat on map listings, McDowell County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How McDowell County compares
The same measures for West Virginia 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 | McDowell County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $8.6M | $12.4M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 22,770 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +33.3% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −10.9% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,334 | $1,698 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $31,559 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 32 |
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
- 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 McDowell 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 McDowell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,878−10.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,467
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 534 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $31,559+14.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $43,863
- Median home value
- $50,000
- Jobs located here
- 3,064
- Daytime population
- 16,847Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 53 | 7 | 1.4 | $13.8M | +13.7% | #340 of 785 |
| 2Monongalia County, WV | 47 | 7 | 1.6 | $12M | +2.0% | #414 of 785 |
| 3Jefferson County, WV | 47 | 5 | 2.2 | $9.8M | +9.2% | #422 of 785 |
| 4Wood County, WV | 29 | 5 | 1.4 | $12M | −2.1% | #624 of 785 |
| 5Harrison County, WV | 16 | 6 | 2.3 | $7.6M | −2.5% | #732 of 785 |
| 6Marion County, WV | 15 | 6 | 2.6 | $6.7M | −1.2% | #746 of 785 |
| 7Mercer County, WV | 11 | 5 | 2.1 | $7.8M | −3.4% | #761 of 785 |
| McDowell County, WV | Not scored | 1 | 1.5 | $8.6M | −10.9% |
Other business types in McDowell County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in McDowell County, WV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 laundromat in McDowell County. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in McDowell County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in McDowell County, WV spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $8.6M a year, or $1,334 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 laundromat on map listings, it comes to $8.6M 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 6,467 households in McDowell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McDowell County, WV compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
McDowell County has 1 laundromat on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of laundromats to household spending.
How fast is McDowell County, WV growing?
Population estimates put McDowell County at 16,878 people in 2025, down 10.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,467 households. Median household income in McDowell County is $31,559, 61% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.0%, 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. McDowell 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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