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Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Wisconsin

Laundromats in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area

How the Stevens Point-Plover, WI 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #21 of 150 scored small-town markets
#1 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$57.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,942 a household
Spending per listing
$9.6M
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.0
25% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
71,943
+2.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 laundromats in the Stevens Point-Plover area. None of them are chain locations, against 19% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.0, 25% above the U.S. rate of 1.6.

At $1,942 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Stevens Point-Plover area spend about $57.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $9.6M of household spending for each laundromat on map listings, 23% 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 Stevens Point-Plover area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show the Stevens Point-Plover area grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Stevens Point-Plover area scores 74 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for laundromats, ranking #21 of 150 scored small-town markets and #1 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Stevens Point-Plover area 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.

Laundromats in Stevens Point-Plover, WI area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureStevens Point-Plover areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.01.81.6
Spending per listing$9.6M$11.3M$12.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a18,09811,865
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.1%+3.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,942$2,003$2,055
Median household income$76,070$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score7440

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
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Stevens Point-Plover 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 Stevens Point-Plover area

Population, 2025 estimate
71,943+2.2% since 2020
Households
29,679
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
801 sq. mi.
People per square mile
88
Median household income
$76,070+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,142
Median home value
$243,100
Jobs located here
33,759
Daytime population
69,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Laundromats across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wisconsin for laundromats, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with the Stevens Point-Plover area marked.

Top small-town markets in Wisconsin

Small-town markets in Wisconsin ranked for laundromats by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stevens Point-Plover, WI7462.0$9.6M+2.2%#21 of 150
2Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI7272.0$9.9M+0.3%#24 of 150
3Baraboo, WI6962.1$9.2M+1.3%#32 of 150
4Manitowoc, WI6472.0$9.3M+0.4%#39 of 150
5Beaver Dam, WI5982.2$8.5M−0.3%#50 of 150
6Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI49143.2$6.4M+0.8%#75 of 150
7Rice Lake, WI2884.0$4.6M−0.5%#134 of 150

Other business types in the Stevens Point-Plover area

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

Questions

How many laundromats are in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area?

There are 6 laundromats on map listings in the Stevens Point-Plover area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count laundromats. No official count is published for coin-operated laundries in the Stevens Point-Plover area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $57.6M a year, or $1,942 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 laundromats on map listings, it comes to $9.6M per laundromat. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only laundromats. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,679 households in the Stevens Point-Plover area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area compare with the U.S. for laundromats?

The Stevens Point-Plover area has 2.0 laundromats per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 1.6. Spending per laundromat is $9.6M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $12.5M. At the national ratio of laundromats to household spending, the Stevens Point-Plover area would have about 5, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is the Stevens Point-Plover, WI area growing?

Population estimates put the Stevens Point-Plover area at 71,943 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,679 households. The median household income in the Stevens Point-Plover area is $76,070 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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 Stevens Point-Plover area scores 74 for laundromats (upper middle), #21 of 150 scored small-town markets.

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