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Clothing and shoe stores in Lumpkin County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Lumpkin County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 80 out of 100: High

Ranked #159 of 2,087 scored counties
#8 of 108 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
10
2 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$22.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,905 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
75% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.6
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,178
+7.5% 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 Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Lumpkin County is 80 (high), #159 of 2,087 scored counties and #8 of 108 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing and shoe stores.

Households in Lumpkin County spend about $22.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,905 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per store, 75% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Lumpkin County has 10 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.6, 47% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Lumpkin County in 2023. That is one for every 3,890 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $419K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Lumpkin County. Population estimates put the population change in Lumpkin County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Lumpkin County 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Lumpkin County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureLumpkin CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.618.616.2
Spending per listing$2.2M$1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment3,8901,1351,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.5%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,905$1,958$2,055
Median household income$77,448$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score8035

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 3
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$325K
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
102 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$419K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Lumpkin 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 Lumpkin County

Population, 2025 estimate
36,178+7.5% since 2020
Households
11,669
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
281 sq. mi.
People per square mile
123
Median household income
$77,448+49.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,021
Median home value
$307,900
Jobs located here
8,296
Daytime population
29,300Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Georgia

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

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bryan County, GA94116.6$3.3M+15.6%#9 of 2,087
2Harris County, GA9264.6$4.7M+6.8%#14 of 2,087
3Effingham County, GA89197.8$2.6M+14.1%#33 of 2,087
4Paulding County, GA88488.0$2.6M+12.7%#47 of 2,087
5Forsyth County, GA859110.2$2.6M+11.8%#78 of 2,087
6Barrow County, GA82237.5$2.5M+18.7%#131 of 2,087
7Pickens County, GA82118.2$2.4M+11.4%#134 of 2,087
8Lumpkin County, GA80108.6$2.2M+7.5%#159 of 2,087
9Columbia County, GA80549.8$2.2M+7.9%#160 of 2,087
10Pike County, GA78710.4$1.9M+10.5%#184 of 2,087

Other business types in Lumpkin County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Lumpkin County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 clothing and shoe stores in Lumpkin County. 2 of them (20%) 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. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Lumpkin County, GA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $22.2M a year, or $1,905 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 11,669 households in Lumpkin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lumpkin County has 8.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.2M, 75% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Lumpkin County would have about 18, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,890 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Lumpkin County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Lumpkin County at 36,178 people in 2025, up 7.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,669 households. Median household income in Lumpkin County is $77,448, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 49.5%, 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. Lumpkin County scores 80 for clothing and shoe stores (high), #159 of 2,087 scored counties.

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