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Clothing and shoe stores in Hancock County, IN

How Hancock County, IN 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 92 out of 100: Very high

Ranked #16 of 2,087 scored counties
#1 of 70 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
26
6 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$73.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,198 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
2.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.8
52% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
90,969
+13.5% 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 Hancock County is 92 (very high), #16 of 2,087 scored counties and #1 of 70 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing and shoe stores.

As of September 2026, map listings count 26 clothing and shoe stores in Hancock County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 23%, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 52% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

At $2,198 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in Hancock County spend about $73.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $2.8M per store, 2.2 times 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 Hancock County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 5,579 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $111K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Hancock County. Population estimates put the population change in Hancock County from 2020 to 2025 at +13.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Hancock County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Hancock County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureHancock CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.813.016.2
Spending per listing$2.8M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishment5,5791,6491,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.3%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+13.5%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,198$1,935$2,055
Median household income$93,186$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score9263

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 6
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$718K
One-person businesses, 2023
57Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
266 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$111K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
90,969+13.5% since 2020
Households
33,474
Median age
41.2
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
306 sq. mi.
People per square mile
275
Median household income
$93,186+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$118,107
Median home value
$274,800
Jobs located here
27,824
Daytime population
66,104Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hancock County, IN92267.8$2.8M+13.5%#16 of 2,087
2Morgan County, IN87196.7$3M+4.4%#55 of 2,087
3Boone County, IN863512.2$2.1M+13.5%#67 of 2,087
4Floyd County, IN84226.9$3M+2.0%#88 of 2,087
5Warrick County, IN84197.6$2.9M+4.4%#91 of 2,087
6Madison County, IN80305.6$3.2M+3.8%#153 of 2,087
7Porter County, IN79507.3$2.9M+1.6%#169 of 2,087
8Jasper County, IN7875.5$3.5M+3.0%#179 of 2,087
9Dearborn County, IN77178.4$2.4M+1.7%#200 of 2,087
10Wells County, IN7565.2$3.5M+2.6%#227 of 2,087

Other business types in Hancock County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Hancock County, IN?

Hancock County has 26 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (23%) 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 57 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Hancock County, IN spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $73.6M a year, or $2,198 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 33,474 households in Hancock County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Hancock County has 7.8 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.8M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Hancock County would have about 58, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,579 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Hancock County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Hancock County at 90,969 people in 2025, up 13.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,474 households. The median household income in Hancock County is $93,186 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.8% 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. Hancock County scores 92 for clothing and shoe stores (very high), #16 of 2,087 scored counties.

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