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Clothing and shoe stores in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area

The clothing and shoe stores in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #311 of 387 scored metro areas
#19 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
578
304 chain locations (53%)
Official establishments
324
−11.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$609.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,174 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.6
27% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
830,851
−1.5% 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

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #311 of 387 scored metro areas and #19 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

At $2,174 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area spend about $609.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.1M per store, 17% 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has 578 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 53% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 20.6 per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area was 324 in 2023, down 11.0% from 2019. That is one for every 865 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureOxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.618.616.2
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment8651,1211,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−11.0%−11.1%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,174$2,085$2,055
Median household income$109,797$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score3129

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
324−11.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
5,361
Annual payroll, 2023
$133.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
553Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
578304 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
480The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
13
Amount
$3.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
830,851−1.5% since 2020
Households
280,360
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,841 sq. mi.
People per square mile
455
Median household income
$109,797+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$144,867
Median home value
$822,700
Jobs located here
321,509
Daytime population
755,963Residents 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 metro areas in California for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in California, with the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stockton-Lodi, CA7727211.1$1.8M+5.5%#27 of 387
2Yuba City, CA75487.8$2.3M+3.3%#35 of 387
3Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA731,03111.7$1.7M+3.2%#46 of 387
4Merced, CA70778.9$1.8M+5.1%#59 of 387
5San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA601,02215.0$1.8M−0.6%#125 of 387
6Hanford-Corcoran, CA564710.7$1.6M+1.0%#162 of 387
7Fresno, CA5448013.0$1.4M+3.2%#180 of 387
8San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA533,00017.2$1.4M−2.4%#185 of 387
9Bakersfield-Delano, CA5234512.1$1.4M+2.3%#191 of 387
10Vallejo, CA5122414.2$1.4M+0.6%#199 of 387
19Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA3157820.6$1.1M−1.5%#311 of 387

Other business types in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area

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Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 578 clothing and shoe stores in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area. 304 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 324 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 11.0% from 2019. Official counts list 553 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $609.4M a year, or $2,174 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 578 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 280,360 households in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area has 20.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area would have about 480, against 578 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 865 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area at 830,851 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 280,360 households. Median household income in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area is $109,797, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura metro area scores 31 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #311 of 387 scored metro areas.

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