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Clothing and shoe stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area

How the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #287 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona

Listings
70
30 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
30
−16.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$79M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,550 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.7
15% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
126,332
+0.6% 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

At $1,550 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area spend about $79M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 70 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.1M per store, 11% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area has 70 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 13.7 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 30 businesses with payroll in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,699 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 67 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $287K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area.

Population estimates show the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area is 36 (lower middle), #287 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona.

How the Sierra Vista-Douglas 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureSierra Vista-Douglas metro areaArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.712.416.2
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,6991,6581,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−16.7%−12.9%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,550$1,818$2,055
Median household income$59,742$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score3666

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
30−16.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
329
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
67Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7030 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$287K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
126,332+0.6% since 2020
Households
50,982
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
6,210 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$59,742+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,017
Median home value
$218,300
Jobs located here
29,807
Daytime population
114,440Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Arizona

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Sierra Vista-Douglas 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 70 clothing and shoe stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area. 30 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 16.7% from 2019. Another 67 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $79M a year, or $1,550 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 70 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 50,982 households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area has 13.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.1M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area would have about 62, against 70 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,699 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area at 126,332 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,982 households. Median household income in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area is $59,742, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area scores 36 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #287 of 387 scored metro areas.

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