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Clothing and shoe stores in the Monticello, IN area

How the Monticello, IN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #88 of 536 scored small-town markets
#6 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana

Listings
11
2 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,820 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
34% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.7
34% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,164
+2.0% 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 $1,820 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Monticello area spend about $18.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.7M per store, 34% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

The Monticello area has 11 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That is 10.7 per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Monticello area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,418 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in the Monticello area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Monticello area is 72 (upper middle), #88 of 536 scored small-town markets and #6 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Monticello 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Monticello, IN area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureMonticello areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.713.016.2
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishment3,4181,6491,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.3%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,820$1,935$2,055
Median household income$67,303$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score7263

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
9
Annual payroll, 2023
$128K
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
112 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Monticello 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 Monticello area

Population, 2025 estimate
25,164+2.0% since 2020
Households
10,254
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
505 sq. mi.
People per square mile
49
Median household income
$67,303
Average household income
$83,596
Median home value
$175,900
Jobs located here
8,813
Daytime population
21,324Residents 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 small-town markets in Indiana for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Indiana, with the Monticello area marked.

Top small-town markets in Indiana

Small-town markets in Indiana ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Crawfordsville, IN80117.1$2.6M+2.7%#26 of 536
2Greencastle, IN801510.6$1.8M+3.2%#29 of 536
3Kendallville, IN76126.6$2.8M+1.0%#48 of 536
4Auburn, IN752011.7$1.6M+2.9%#63 of 536
5Greensburg, IN7287.5$2.6M+0.4%#78 of 536
6Monticello, IN721110.7$1.7M+2.0%#88 of 536
7Washington, IN721512.7$1.5M+2.5%#90 of 536
8Huntington, IN701610.4$1.7M+1.6%#99 of 536
9Warsaw, IN703711.6$1.7M+0.9%#100 of 536
10Connersville, IN6677.4$2.3M+0.7%#126 of 536

Other business types in the Monticello area

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Monticello, IN area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 clothing and shoe stores in the Monticello area. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. 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. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Monticello, IN area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $18.7M a year, or $1,820 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 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 10,254 households in the Monticello area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Monticello area has 10.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.7M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Monticello area would have about 15, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,418 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is the Monticello, IN area growing?

Population estimates put the Monticello area at 25,164 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,254 households. Median household income in the Monticello area is $67,303, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Monticello area scores 72 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #88 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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