Groundwork

Clothing and laundry · Metro area · Arizona

Clothing and shoe stores in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro area

The clothing and shoe stores in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #43 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona

Listings
76
26 chain locations (34%)
Official establishments
25
−13.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$157.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,541 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
63% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.5
54% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
228,102
+6.5% since 2020

See the clothing and shoe stores around any address in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area

The site report maps the clothing and shoe stores on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area spend about $157.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,541 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 76 clothing and shoe stores, that is $2.1M per store, 63% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

The Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area has 76 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 34% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 54% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area in 2023, down 13.8% from 2019. That is one for every 4,079 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 96 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $30K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area is 73 (upper middle), #43 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area compares

The same measures for Arizona 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro area compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureLake Havasu City-Kingman metro areaArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.512.416.2
Spending per listing$2.1M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishment4,0791,6581,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−13.8%−12.9%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,541$1,818$2,055
Median household income$57,684$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score7366

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25−13.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
352
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
96Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7626 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
124The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$30K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro 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 Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
228,102+6.5% since 2020
Households
101,973
Median age
51.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
13,332 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$57,684+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,027
Median home value
$281,000
Jobs located here
53,985
Daytime population
194,436Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area?

These figures cover the whole metro area. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the clothing and shoe stores on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Clothing and shoe stores across Arizona

Every Arizona market ranked →

The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Arizona

Metro areas in Arizona ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ73767.5$2.1M+6.5%#43 of 387
2Yuma, AZ69749.3$1.7M+9.2%#65 of 387
3Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ692,43912.9$1.5M+7.3%#68 of 387
4Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ6512711.4$1.5M+6.5%#91 of 387
5Tucson, AZ5651611.8$1.5M+2.8%#164 of 387
6Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ367013.7$1.1M+0.6%#287 of 387
7Flagstaff, AZ2010418.9$933K−0.6%#358 of 387

Other business types in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 76 clothing and shoe stores in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area. 26 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 13.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 96 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $157.2M a year, or $1,541 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 101,973 households in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area has 7.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.1M, 63% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area would have about 124, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,079 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area at 228,102 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 101,973 households. Median household income in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area is $57,684, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.5%, 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. The Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area scores 73 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #43 of 387 scored metro areas.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area. It maps the clothing and shoe stores 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.

How the score works · Top markets for clothing and shoe stores · All 56 business types in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area

Screening a site or an acquisition in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of the Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro area. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.