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Clothing and shoe stores in the Muncie, IN metro area
How the Muncie, IN metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #277 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 70
- 41 chain locations (59%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- −18.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $78.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,696 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.1
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 113,106
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Muncie metro area comes to about $78.4M a year: $1,696 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 70 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.1M per store, 12% 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 Muncie metro area has 70 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 41 of them (59%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 15.1 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Muncie metro area was 30 in 2023, down 18.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,542 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 43 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Muncie metro area grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Muncie metro area scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #277 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Muncie 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 | Muncie metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.1 | 13.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,542 | 1,649 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −18.9% | −14.3% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,696 | $1,935 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $58,127 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30−18.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 320
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 43Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7041 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 62The 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 Muncie 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 Muncie metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 113,106+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 46,256
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $58,127+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,454
- Median home value
- $139,400
- Jobs located here
- 44,237
- Daytime population
- 112,299Residents 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 Muncie 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 |
| 9Muncie, IN | 38 | 70 | 15.1 | $1.1M | +1.2% | #277 of 387 |
Other business types in the Muncie 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 laundry38
- Clothing and shoe stores38
- Laundromats27
- Dry cleaners31
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Muncie, IN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 70 clothing and shoe stores in the Muncie metro area. 41 of them (59%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 18.9% from 2019. Official counts list 43 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Muncie, IN metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $78.4M a year, or $1,696 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 70 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 46,256 households in the Muncie metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Muncie, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Muncie metro area has 15.1 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.1M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Muncie metro area would have about 62, against 70 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,542 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 18.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Muncie, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Muncie metro area at 113,106 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,256 households. Median household income in the Muncie metro area is $58,127, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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. The Muncie metro area scores 38 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #277 of 387 scored metro areas.
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