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Clothing and shoe stores in Mariposa County, CA

How Mariposa County, CA 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,321 of 2,087 scored counties
#32 of 53 scored counties in California

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,702 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.7
34% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,918
−1.2% 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 8 clothing and shoe stores in Mariposa County. None of them are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 10.7 for every 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

At $1,702 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Mariposa County spend about $12.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 26% 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.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Mariposa County in 2023. That is one for every 1,502 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Mariposa County declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing and shoe stores, Mariposa County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,321 of 2,087 scored counties and #32 of 53 scored counties in California.

How Mariposa County 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Mariposa County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureMariposa CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.718.616.2
Spending per listing$1.6M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,5021,1211,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−11.1%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,702$2,085$2,055
Median household income$68,412$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score4229

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 5
Employees, 2023
16
Annual payroll, 2023
$392K
One-person businesses, 2023
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Mariposa 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 Mariposa County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,918−1.2% since 2020
Households
7,508
Median age
51.9
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,449 sq. mi.
People per square mile
12
Median household income
$68,412+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,438
Median home value
$387,900
Jobs located here
5,459
Daytime population
13,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across California

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

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1San Benito County, CA812210.7$2.1M+8.6%#146 of 2,087
2Yuba County, CA7982.8$6.2M+8.2%#165 of 2,087
3Yolo County, CA77587.6$2.6M+3.1%#193 of 2,087
4El Dorado County, CA73607.9$2.8M+0.6%#282 of 2,087
5Calaveras County, CA72158.1$2.3M+2.8%#324 of 2,087
6Madera County, CA66439.5$1.9M+7.4%#495 of 2,087
7San Joaquin County, CA6627211.1$1.8M+5.5%#499 of 2,087
8Amador County, CA661911.8$1.6M+3.2%#509 of 2,087
9Contra Costa County, CA6546511.2$2.1M+0.3%#518 of 2,087
10Tehama County, CA63145.6$2.9M−1.7%#562 of 2,087
32Mariposa County, CA42810.7$1.6M−1.2%#1,321 of 2,087

Other business types in Mariposa County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Mariposa County, CA?

There are 8 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Mariposa County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Mariposa County, CA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $12.8M a year, or $1,702 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 7,508 households in Mariposa County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Mariposa County has 10.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.6M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Mariposa County would have about 10, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,502 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Mariposa County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Mariposa County at 16,918 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,508 households. The median household income in Mariposa County is $68,412 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.1% 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. Mariposa County scores 42 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,321 of 2,087 scored counties.

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