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Clothing and shoe stores in Huntington County, IN

How Huntington 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #615 of 2,087 scored counties
#28 of 70 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
16
3 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.8M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,804 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
37% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.4
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,224
+1.6% 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

At $1,804 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Huntington County spend about $27.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.7M per store, 37% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Huntington County has 16 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 10.4 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Huntington County in 2023. That is one for every 3,081 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Huntington County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, Huntington County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #615 of 2,087 scored counties and #28 of 70 scored counties in Indiana.

How Huntington 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 Huntington County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureHuntington CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.413.016.2
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishment3,0811,6491,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.3%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,804$1,935$2,055
Median household income$66,301$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score6263

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
27
Annual payroll, 2023
$330K
One-person businesses, 2023
17Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
163 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 Huntington 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 Huntington County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,224+1.6% since 2020
Households
15,403
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
383 sq. mi.
People per square mile
96
Median household income
$66,301+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,629
Median home value
$161,600
Jobs located here
13,407
Daytime population
32,341Residents 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 Huntington 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
28Huntington County, IN621610.4$1.7M+1.6%#615 of 2,087

Other business types in Huntington County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 clothing and shoe stores in Huntington County. 3 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $27.8M a year, or $1,804 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 15,403 households in Huntington County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Huntington County has 10.4 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.7M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Huntington County would have about 22, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,081 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Huntington County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Huntington County at 37,224 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,403 households. Median household income in Huntington County is $66,301, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.6%, 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. Huntington County scores 62 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #615 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 Huntington County

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