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Clothing and shoe stores in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
The clothing and shoe stores in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 83 out of 100: High
Ranked #113 of 2,087 scored counties
#1 of 6 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 34
- 4 chain locations (12%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $77.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,937 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 79% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 48% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,666
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
Matanuska-Susitna Borough scores 83 (high) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #113 of 2,087 scored counties and #1 of 6 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing and shoe stores.
At $1,937 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Matanuska-Susitna Borough spend about $77.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 34 clothing and shoe stores, that is $2.3M per store, 79% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough has 34 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 12%, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.5, 48% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Matanuska-Susitna Borough classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 3,987 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Population estimates show Matanuska-Susitna Borough grew 10.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Matanuska-Susitna Borough compares
The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all clothing, shoes and related services by the clothing and shoe stores 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 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 12.5 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,987 | 1,528 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.3% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,937 | $1,958 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $94,031 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 83 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 67Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 344 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 61The 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 clothing and shoe stores in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 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 Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 118,666+10.4% since 2020
- Households
- 39,869
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 24,703 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $94,031+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,954
- Median home value
- $346,600
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Matanuska-Susitna Borough marked.
Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 83 | 34 | 8.5 | $2.3M | +10.4% | #113 of 2,087 |
| 2Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 62 | 24 | 6.6 | $2.9M | −1.4% | #596 of 2,087 |
| 3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 56 | 36 | 14.8 | $1.2M | +5.1% | #838 of 2,087 |
| 4Juneau City and Borough, AK | 44 | 22 | 16.7 | $1.2M | −1.8% | #1,261 of 2,087 |
| 5Anchorage Municipality, AK | 40 | 183 | 16.9 | $1.2M | −1.3% | #1,395 of 2,087 |
| 6Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK | 26 | 11 | 19.2 | $990K | −2.6% | #1,806 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Matanuska-Susitna Borough
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
- Clothing, shoes and laundry81
- Clothing and shoe stores83
- Laundromats62
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 clothing and shoe stores in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. 4 of them (12%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts also show 67 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $77.2M a year, or $1,937 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per store. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,869 households in Matanuska-Susitna Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Matanuska-Susitna Borough has 8.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.3M, 79% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Matanuska-Susitna Borough would have about 61, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,987 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Matanuska-Susitna Borough at 118,666 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,869 households. Median household income in Matanuska-Susitna Borough is $94,031, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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. Matanuska-Susitna Borough scores 83 for clothing and shoe stores (high), #113 of 2,087 scored counties.
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