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Clothing and shoe stores in the Red Bluff, CA area

How the Red Bluff, 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #124 of 536 scored small-town markets
#1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California

Listings
14
2 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$40.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,626 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
2.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.6
65% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
64,665
−1.7% 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

Households in the Red Bluff area spend about $40.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,626 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per store, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

The Red Bluff area has 14 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 14%, against 44% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Red Bluff area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 8,263 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in the Red Bluff area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Red Bluff area scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #124 of 536 scored small-town markets and #1 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Red Bluff 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 Red Bluff, CA area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureRed Bluff areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.618.616.2
Spending per listing$2.9M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment8,2631,1211,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−11.1%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,626$2,085$2,055
Median household income$63,784$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score6629

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
34
Annual payroll, 2023
$899K
One-person businesses, 2023
27Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
142 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The 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 Red Bluff 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 Red Bluff area

Population, 2025 estimate
64,665−1.7% since 2020
Households
24,788
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,949 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$63,784+43.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,910
Median home value
$339,600
Jobs located here
18,377
Daytime population
57,669Residents 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 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 Red Bluff area marked.

Top small-town markets in California

Small-town markets in California ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA72209.2$2.1M+0.9%#82 of 536
1Red Bluff, CA66145.6$2.9M−1.7%#124 of 536
2Clearlake, CA6383.0$5.5M−0.6%#153 of 536
3Sonora, CA542711.9$1.5M−4.0%#239 of 536
4Bishop, CA5378.7$2M−4.4%#243 of 536
5Susanville, CA4955.4$3M−13.1%#279 of 536
6Truckee-Grass Valley, CA467216.8$1.2M−0.4%#305 of 536
7Crescent City, CA401010.5$1.6M−4.4%#352 of 536
8Ukiah, CA315114.6$1.2M−3.5%#429 of 536
9Eureka-Arcata, CA298916.2$1M−3.4%#449 of 536

Other business types in the Red Bluff area

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Red Bluff, CA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 clothing and shoe stores in the Red Bluff area. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Red Bluff, CA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $40.3M a year, or $1,626 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 24,788 households in the Red Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Red Bluff, CA area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Red Bluff area has 5.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.9M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Red Bluff area would have about 32, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,263 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is the Red Bluff, CA area growing?

Population estimates put the Red Bluff area at 64,665 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,788 households. Median household income in the Red Bluff area is $63,784, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.3%, 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 Red Bluff area scores 66 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #124 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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