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Clothing and shoe stores in Jo Daviess County, IL

How Jo Daviess 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 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,938 of 2,087 scored counties
#69 of 70 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
29
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,958 a household
Spending per listing
$702K
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
27.9
72% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,594
−2.2% 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 Jo Daviess County is 20 (low), #1,938 of 2,087 scored counties and #69 of 70 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 clothing and shoe stores in Jo Daviess County. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 27.9 for every 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Jo Daviess County comes to about $20.3M a year: $1,958 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $702K per store, 45% 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 Jo Daviess County was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 577 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Population estimates show Jo Daviess County declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureJo Daviess CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households27.915.916.2
Spending per listing$702K$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment5771,3811,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.0%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,958$2,141$2,055
Median household income$73,993$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score2048

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 18
Employees, 2023
56
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
14Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
291 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,594−2.2% since 2020
Households
10,391
Median age
50.6
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
601 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$73,993+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,031
Median home value
$209,900
Jobs located here
7,006
Daytime population
19,150Residents 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 Jo Daviess 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
69Jo Daviess County, IL202927.9$702K−2.2%#1,938 of 2,087

Other business types in Jo Daviess County

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

Questions

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

There are 29 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Jo Daviess County as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $20.3M a year, or $1,958 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $702K 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 10,391 households in Jo Daviess County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Jo Daviess County has 27.9 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $702K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Jo Daviess County would have about 16, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 577 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Jo Daviess County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Jo Daviess County at 21,594 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,391 households. The median household income in Jo Daviess County is $73,993 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. Jo Daviess County scores 20 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #1,938 of 2,087 scored counties.

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