Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Arkansas
Clothing and shoe stores in the Russellville, AR area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Russellville, AR area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #349 of 536 scored small-town markets
#5 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 54
- 14 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- −9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $54.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,655 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.5
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 84,932
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Russellville area comes to about $54.1M a year: $1,655 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 21% 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 Russellville area has 54 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 26%, against 44% across the U.S. That is 16.5 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in the Russellville area classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,634 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 49 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Russellville area grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, the Russellville area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #349 of 536 scored small-town markets and #5 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.
How the Russellville area compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Russellville area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.5 | 17.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,634 | 1,343 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.1% | −12.6% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,655 | $1,725 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $57,102 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20−9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 233
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 49Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5414 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The 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 the Russellville 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 Russellville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 84,932+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 32,671
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,741 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $57,102+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,829
- Median home value
- $165,100
- Jobs located here
- 34,546
- Daytime population
- 84,258Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Russellville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Searcy, AR | 54 | 36 | 12.2 | $1.3M | +4.2% | #241 of 536 |
| 2Malvern, AR | 49 | 13 | 10.6 | $1.5M | +1.1% | #280 of 536 |
| 3Paragould, AR | 47 | 25 | 13.9 | $1.2M | +3.4% | #299 of 536 |
| 4Arkadelphia, AR | 43 | 10 | 12.3 | $1.3M | −2.2% | #329 of 536 |
| 5Russellville, AR | 41 | 54 | 16.5 | $1M | +1.6% | #349 of 536 |
| 6Harrison, AR | 39 | 32 | 17.3 | $928K | +2.4% | #371 of 536 |
| 7Mountain Home, AR | 36 | 30 | 15.5 | $1M | +3.1% | #392 of 536 |
| 8Batesville, AR | 35 | 24 | 16.4 | $1M | +2.2% | #402 of 536 |
| 9Blytheville, AR | 29 | 24 | 15.5 | $1.1M | −6.7% | #448 of 536 |
| 10Pine Bluff, AR | 23 | 47 | 17.4 | $902K | −5.6% | #484 of 536 |
Other business types in the Russellville area
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 laundry46
- Clothing and shoe stores41
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Russellville, AR area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 54 clothing and shoe stores in the Russellville area. 14 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 9.1% from 2019. Official counts list 49 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Russellville, AR area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $54.1M a year, or $1,655 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $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 32,671 households in the Russellville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Russellville, AR area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Russellville area has 16.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Russellville area would have about 43, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,634 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Russellville, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Russellville area at 84,932 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,671 households. Median household income in the Russellville area is $57,102, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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 Russellville area scores 41 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #349 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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