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Clothing and shoe stores in Perry County, IL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #881 of 2,087 scored counties
#20 of 70 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
7
1 chain location (14%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,783 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
58% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.9
45% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,160
−3.5% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Perry County comes to about $14M a year: $1,783 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per store, 58% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

There are 7 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Perry County as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.9, 45% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Perry County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 2,625 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Perry County declined 3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing and shoe stores, Perry County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #881 of 2,087 scored counties and #20 of 70 scored counties in Illinois.

How Perry 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 Perry County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasurePerry CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.915.916.2
Spending per listing$2M$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment2,6251,3811,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.0%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,783$2,141$2,055
Median household income$62,118$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score5448

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$99K
One-person businesses, 2023
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
71 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Perry 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 Perry County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,160−3.5% since 2020
Households
7,875
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
442 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$62,118+18.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,245
Median home value
$112,600
Jobs located here
4,717
Daytime population
17,699Residents 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 Perry 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
20Perry County, IL5478.9$2M−3.5%#881 of 2,087

Other business types in Perry County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 clothing and shoe stores in Perry County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. 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. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $14M a year, or $1,783 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $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 7,875 households in Perry County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Perry County has 8.9 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2M, 58% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Perry County would have about 11, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,625 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Perry County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Perry County at 20,160 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,875 households. Median household income in Perry County is $62,118, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.5%, 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. Perry County scores 54 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #881 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 Perry County

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