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Clothing and shoe stores in Ripley County, IN

How Ripley 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #676 of 2,087 scored counties
#30 of 70 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
12
5 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$21.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,866 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
41% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.4
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,434
+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 $1,866 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Ripley County spend about $21.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.8M per store, 41% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Ripley County has 12 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.4, 36% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores in Ripley County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Ripley County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, Ripley County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #676 of 2,087 scored counties and #30 of 70 scored counties in Indiana.

How Ripley 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 Ripley County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureRipley CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.413.016.2
Spending per listing$1.8M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,6491,273
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$1,866$1,935$2,055
Median household income$70,573$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score6063

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
10Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
125 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Ripley 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 Ripley County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,434+1.6% since 2020
Households
11,531
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
446 sq. mi.
People per square mile
65
Median household income
$70,573+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,934
Median home value
$222,500
Jobs located here
10,343
Daytime population
26,139Residents 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 Ripley 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
30Ripley County, IN601210.4$1.8M+1.6%#676 of 2,087

Other business types in Ripley County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 clothing and shoe stores in Ripley County. 5 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in Ripley County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $21.5M a year, or $1,866 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 11,531 households in Ripley County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ripley 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 $1.8M, 41% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Ripley County would have about 17, against 12 on map listings.

How fast is Ripley County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Ripley County at 29,434 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,531 households. Median household income in Ripley County is $70,573, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Ripley County scores 60 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #676 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 Ripley County

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