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Clothing and shoe stores in Walton County, GA

How Walton County, GA 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 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #302 of 2,087 scored counties
#17 of 108 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
38
8 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$69.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,945 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
44% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.6
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
112,696
+16.0% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Walton County comes to about $69.6M a year: $1,945 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 44% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Walton County has 38 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 10.6 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Walton County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 2,103 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 132 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Walton County grew 16.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, Walton County has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #302 of 2,087 scored counties and #17 of 108 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Walton 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 Walton County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureWalton CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.618.616.2
Spending per listing$1.8M$1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment2,1031,1351,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.5%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.0%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,945$1,958$2,055
Median household income$84,945$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score7335

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 17
Employees, 2023
136
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
132Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
388 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
55The 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 Walton 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 Walton County

Population, 2025 estimate
112,696+16.0% since 2020
Households
35,755
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
327 sq. mi.
People per square mile
316
Median household income
$84,945+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,167
Median home value
$339,500
Jobs located here
26,476
Daytime population
82,340Residents 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 Walton 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
17Walton County, GA733810.6$1.8M+16.0%#302 of 2,087

Other business types in Walton County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 clothing and shoe stores in Walton County. 8 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 132 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $69.6M a year, or $1,945 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 35,755 households in Walton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Walton County has 10.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.8M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Walton County would have about 55, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,103 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Walton County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Walton County at 112,696 people in 2025, up 16.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,755 households. Median household income in Walton County is $84,945, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.9%, 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. Walton County scores 73 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #302 of 2,087 scored counties.

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