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Clothing and shoe stores in the Kokomo, IN metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Kokomo, IN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #334 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 63
- 37 chain locations (59%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $63.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,794 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.7
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,904
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Kokomo metro area is 26 (lower middle), #334 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $1,794 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Kokomo metro area spend about $63.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
The Kokomo metro area has 63 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 59% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 17.7 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 35 businesses with payroll in the Kokomo metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,017 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kokomo metro area grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Kokomo metro area 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.
| Measure | Kokomo metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.7 | 13.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,017 | 1,649 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −14.3% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,794 | $1,935 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $64,027 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 350.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 357
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6337 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The 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 the Kokomo metro area, 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 the Kokomo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,904+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 35,593
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 293 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $64,027+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,020
- Median home value
- $165,000
- Jobs located here
- 35,309
- Daytime population
- 82,151Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kokomo metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 73 | 1,159 | 13.8 | $1.5M | +5.4% | #47 of 387 |
| 2Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 68 | 77 | 10.6 | $1.8M | +0.9% | #70 of 387 |
| 3Bloomington, IN | 66 | 81 | 11.9 | $1.6M | +2.0% | #84 of 387 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 65 | 1,301 | 14.3 | $1.4M | +2.7% | #94 of 387 |
| 4Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 56 | 119 | 13.1 | $1.4M | +2.1% | #166 of 387 |
| 5Fort Wayne, IN | 56 | 266 | 14.6 | $1.3M | +3.9% | #168 of 387 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 52 | 6,084 | 16.7 | $1.3M | 0.0% | #193 of 387 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 52 | 849 | 15.2 | $1.3M | +2.9% | #196 of 387 |
| 6Evansville, IN | 47 | 166 | 14.6 | $1.3M | +1.6% | #221 of 387 |
| 7South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 46 | 184 | 14.3 | $1.3M | +0.1% | #228 of 387 |
| 11Kokomo, IN | 26 | 63 | 17.7 | $1M | +0.4% | #334 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kokomo metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry29
- Clothing and shoe stores26
- Laundromats22
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Kokomo, IN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 clothing and shoe stores in the Kokomo metro area. 37 of them (59%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Kokomo, IN metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $63.8M a year, or $1,794 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 35,593 households in the Kokomo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kokomo, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Kokomo metro area has 17.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Kokomo metro area would have about 50, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,017 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kokomo, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kokomo metro area at 83,904 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,593 households. Median household income in the Kokomo metro area is $64,027, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. The Kokomo metro area scores 26 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #334 of 387 scored metro areas.
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