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Laundromats in Rusk County, WI
The laundromats in Rusk County, WI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
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
- $10.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,720 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 14,146
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Rusk County comes to about $10.9M a year: $1,720 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $10.9M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats.
Rusk County has 1 laundromat on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for coin-operated laundries in Rusk County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Rusk County declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 laundromat on map listings, Rusk County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Rusk County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Rusk County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| Spending per listing | $10.9M | $11.3M | $12.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 18,098 | 11,865 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.1% | +3.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,720 | $2,003 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $59,944 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
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 Rusk 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 Rusk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,146−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 6,355
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 914 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $59,944+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,376
- Median home value
- $163,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,892
- Daytime population
- 12,818Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Rusk County?
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waukesha County, WI | 83 | 16 | 0.9 | $25.2M | +2.4% | #42 of 785 |
| 2Dane County, WI | 81 | 35 | 1.4 | $15.9M | +4.9% | #61 of 785 |
| 3Outagamie County, WI | 78 | 8 | 1.0 | $20.3M | +2.6% | #82 of 785 |
| 4St. Croix County, WI | 74 | 6 | 1.6 | $14.5M | +4.7% | #116 of 785 |
| 5Ozaukee County, WI | 71 | 6 | 1.6 | $15M | +3.0% | #147 of 785 |
| 6Washington County, WI | 62 | 9 | 1.6 | $13.9M | +1.8% | #248 of 785 |
| 7Marathon County, WI | 60 | 8 | 1.4 | $14.2M | +1.0% | #263 of 785 |
| 8Racine County, WI | 59 | 11 | 1.4 | $14.6M | +0.4% | #275 of 785 |
| 9Sheboygan County, WI | 58 | 6 | 1.2 | $16M | 0.0% | #287 of 785 |
| 10Brown County, WI | 57 | 14 | 1.3 | $15.9M | +2.6% | #300 of 785 |
| Rusk County, WI | Not scored | 1 | 1.6 | $10.9M | −0.2% |
Other business types in Rusk 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
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many laundromats are in Rusk County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 laundromat in Rusk County. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in Rusk County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Rusk County, WI spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $10.9M a year, or $1,720 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 laundromat on map listings, it comes to $10.9M 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 6,355 households in Rusk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rusk County, WI compare with the U.S. for laundromats?
Rusk 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 Rusk County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Rusk County at 14,146 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,355 households. Median household income in Rusk County is $59,944, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.1%, 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. Rusk 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Rusk County. It maps the laundromats on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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