Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Georgia
Clothing and shoe stores in the Cordele, GA area
The clothing and shoe stores in the Cordele, GA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 13 out of 100: Low
Ranked #526 of 536 scored small-town markets
#23 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 17
- 4 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,590 a household
- Spending per listing
- $740K
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.5
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,237
- −4.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Cordele area is 13 (low), #526 of 536 scored small-town markets and #23 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 clothing and shoe stores in the Cordele area. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.5, 33% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Cordele area comes to about $12.6M a year: $1,590 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 17 clothing and shoe stores, that is $740K per store, 42% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Cordele area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 989 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Cordele area declined 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Cordele area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Cordele area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.5 | 18.6 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $740K | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 989 | 1,135 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.5% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,590 | $1,958 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $45,105 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 13 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $543K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 33Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 174 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 the Cordele 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 Cordele area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,237−4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,908
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 273 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $45,105+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,845
- Median home value
- $140,200
- Jobs located here
- 8,405
- Daytime population
- 20,304Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kingsland, GA | 81 | 25 | 11.5 | $1.6M | +9.5% | #25 of 536 |
| 2Cornelia, GA | 78 | 16 | 9.6 | $1.9M | +9.3% | #38 of 536 |
| 3Toccoa, GA | 66 | 9 | 8.6 | $1.8M | +3.8% | #130 of 536 |
| 4Cedartown, GA | 66 | 20 | 12.6 | $1.3M | +6.0% | #134 of 536 |
| 5Moultrie, GA | 52 | 22 | 13.1 | $1.2M | +3.3% | #252 of 536 |
| 6LaGrange, GA-AL | 49 | 59 | 14.6 | $1.1M | +3.0% | #286 of 536 |
| 7Thomaston, GA | 46 | 17 | 16.0 | $1M | +2.7% | #308 of 536 |
| 8Jefferson, GA | 42 | 94 | 33.1 | $617K | +29.3% | #343 of 536 |
| 9Summerville, GA | 40 | 12 | 13.1 | $1.2M | +1.5% | #354 of 536 |
| 10Jesup, GA | 38 | 21 | 19.0 | $842K | +7.8% | #380 of 536 |
| 23Cordele, GA | 13 | 17 | 21.5 | $740K | −4.1% | #526 of 536 |
Other business types in the Cordele 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 laundry14
- Clothing and shoe stores13
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Cordele, GA area?
The Cordele area has 17 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 33 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Cordele, GA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $12.6M a year, or $1,590 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $740K 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 7,908 households in the Cordele area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cordele, GA area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Cordele area has 21.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $740K, 42% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Cordele area would have about 10, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 989 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cordele, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Cordele area at 19,237 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,908 households. The median household income in the Cordele area is $45,105 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. 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 Cordele area scores 13 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #526 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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