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Clothing and shoe stores in Saline County, AR

How Saline County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #502 of 2,087 scored counties
#2 of 51 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
56
15 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
24
−4.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$93.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,868 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
32% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.2
31% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
133,288
+7.6% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 56 clothing and shoe stores in Saline County. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 27%, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 11.2 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

At $1,868 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Saline County spend about $93.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 32% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in Saline County classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,092 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 96 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Saline County grew 7.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Saline County is 66 (upper middle), #502 of 2,087 scored counties and #2 of 51 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Saline County 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Saline County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureSaline CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.217.016.2
Spending per listing$1.7M$1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment2,0921,3431,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−4.0%−12.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.6%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,868$1,725$2,055
Median household income$79,046$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score6630

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25 → 24−4.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
232
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
96Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5615 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
74The 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 Saline County, 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 Saline County

Population, 2025 estimate
133,288+7.6% since 2020
Households
50,203
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
724 sq. mi.
People per square mile
176
Median household income
$79,046+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,923
Median home value
$221,200
Jobs located here
29,052
Daytime population
99,620Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Saline County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lonoke County, AR662910.2$1.8M+3.5%#497 of 2,087
2Saline County, AR665611.2$1.7M+7.6%#502 of 2,087
3Crawford County, AR592510.7$1.6M+4.1%#721 of 2,087
4Benton County, AR5918416.4$1.3M+16.0%#731 of 2,087
5Franklin County, AR5857.1$2.2M+3.5%#735 of 2,087
6Madison County, AR56710.8$1.5M+11.2%#821 of 2,087
7Grant County, AR541014.3$1.2M+4.1%#906 of 2,087
8Logan County, AR531011.7$1.4M+2.5%#937 of 2,087
9Miller County, AR501710.4$1.5M−0.5%#1,046 of 2,087
10Yell County, AR4956.0$2.6M−1.3%#1,071 of 2,087

Other business types in Saline County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Saline County, AR?

There are 56 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Saline County as of September 2026. 15 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 4.0% from 2019. Official counts list 96 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Saline County, AR spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $93.8M a year, or $1,868 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per store. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,203 households in Saline County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Saline County, AR compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

Saline County has 11.2 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.7M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Saline County would have about 74, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,092 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Saline County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Saline County at 133,288 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,203 households. The median household income in Saline County is $79,046 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Saline County scores 66 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #502 of 2,087 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing and shoe stores · All 56 business types in Saline County

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