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Clothing and shoe stores in the Bishop, CA area
How the Bishop, CA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #243 of 536 scored small-town markets
#4 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $14.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,749 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 58% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,158
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 clothing and shoe stores in the Bishop area. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.7, 46% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Bishop area comes to about $14.1M a year: $1,749 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per store, 58% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Bishop area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Bishop area declined 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing and shoe stores, the Bishop area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #243 of 536 scored small-town markets and #4 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California.
How the Bishop area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Bishop area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 18.6 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,121 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −11.1% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,749 | $2,085 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $73,991 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Bishop 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 Bishop area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,158−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,040
- Median age
- 45.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 10,197 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $73,991
- Average household income
- $94,111
- Median home value
- $348,700
- Jobs located here
- 7,330
- Daytime population
- 17,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in California for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in California (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bishop area marked.
Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 72 | 20 | 9.2 | $2.1M | +0.9% | #82 of 536 |
| 1Red Bluff, CA | 66 | 14 | 5.6 | $2.9M | −1.7% | #124 of 536 |
| 2Clearlake, CA | 63 | 8 | 3.0 | $5.5M | −0.6% | #153 of 536 |
| 3Sonora, CA | 54 | 27 | 11.9 | $1.5M | −4.0% | #239 of 536 |
| 4Bishop, CA | 53 | 7 | 8.7 | $2M | −4.4% | #243 of 536 |
| 5Susanville, CA | 49 | 5 | 5.4 | $3M | −13.1% | #279 of 536 |
| 6Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 46 | 72 | 16.8 | $1.2M | −0.4% | #305 of 536 |
| 7Crescent City, CA | 40 | 10 | 10.5 | $1.6M | −4.4% | #352 of 536 |
| 8Ukiah, CA | 31 | 51 | 14.6 | $1.2M | −3.5% | #429 of 536 |
| 9Eureka-Arcata, CA | 29 | 89 | 16.2 | $1M | −3.4% | #449 of 536 |
Other business types in the Bishop 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 laundry48
- Clothing and shoe stores53
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Bishop, CA area?
The Bishop area has 7 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in the Bishop area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bishop, CA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $14.1M a year, or $1,749 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 8,040 households in the Bishop area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bishop, CA area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Bishop area has 8.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2M, 58% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Bishop area would have about 11, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is the Bishop, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Bishop area at 18,158 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,040 households. The median household income in the Bishop area is $73,991 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Bishop area scores 53 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #243 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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