Laundry refers to the washing, drying and/or folding of your clothing items and other textiles. Depending on your living situation, access to laundry machines, drive to your nearest dry cleaners, or financial status, the laundry process can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours each week.

How much does it cost to do an average load of laundry? Combining all of these factors, the average cost of a load of laundry is $1.27. At this cost, if you do one load per week, doing laundry costs $66.04 per year. If you do four loads per week, doing laundry costs $264.16 per year.

By Consumer Reports • Published November 7, 2023 • Updated on November 7, 2023 at 5:06 pm. Think you do a lot of laundry? You're not alone -- the average family does about 300 loads per year. That's about five loads every week!

Once your clothes are out of the dryer and smelling fresh, the last thing you want to do is sort through them and fold them neatly. For an average load of laundry, it takes a person about 20 minutes to fold clothes. This may differ based on load size and how fast you are at folding.