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Clothing and shoe stores in Clinton County, IL

How Clinton County, IL 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #582 of 2,087 scored counties
#13 of 70 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
18
6 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$30.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,065 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
32% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.4
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,128
+0.6% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 clothing and shoe stores in Clinton County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 12.4 for every 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

At $2,065 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Clinton County spend about $30.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 32% above 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.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Clinton County in 2023. That is one for every 2,428 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Clinton County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Clinton County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #582 of 2,087 scored counties and #13 of 70 scored counties in Illinois.

How Clinton County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Clinton County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureClinton CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.415.916.2
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment2,4281,3811,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.0%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,065$2,141$2,055
Median household income$86,588$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6348

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 6
Employees, 2023
41
Annual payroll, 2023
$554K
One-person businesses, 2023
17Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
186 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The 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 Clinton 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 Clinton County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,128+0.6% since 2020
Households
14,570
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
474 sq. mi.
People per square mile
78
Median household income
$86,588+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,402
Median home value
$192,400
Jobs located here
12,557
Daytime population
31,816Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Illinois

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

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Boone County, IL8373.6$5.8M+0.4%#101 of 2,087
2Kendall County, IL814610.1$2.4M+9.9%#144 of 2,087
3Woodford County, IL7674.8$4.6M−0.8%#206 of 2,087
4McHenry County, IL761149.7$2.4M+2.5%#214 of 2,087
5Ogle County, IL74178.2$2.4M−0.7%#257 of 2,087
6Grundy County, IL742110.2$2.1M+2.9%#264 of 2,087
7Macoupin County, IL73105.7$3.4M−2.6%#274 of 2,087
8Will County, IL7326610.9$2.2M+2.2%#289 of 2,087
9Monroe County, IL721510.8$2.1M−0.3%#326 of 2,087
10DeKalb County, IL69399.9$2M+1.5%#407 of 2,087
13Clinton County, IL631812.4$1.7M+0.6%#582 of 2,087

Other business types in Clinton County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Clinton County, IL?

There are 18 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Clinton County as of September 2026. 6 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Clinton County, IL spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $30.1M a year, or $2,065 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 14,570 households in Clinton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Clinton County has 12.4 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.7M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Clinton County would have about 24, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,428 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Clinton County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Clinton County at 37,128 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,570 households. The median household income in Clinton County is $86,588 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. 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. Clinton County scores 63 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #582 of 2,087 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing and shoe stores · All 56 business types in Clinton County

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