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Clothing and shoe stores in the Terre Haute, IN metro area

How the Terre Haute, 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #251 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana

Listings
95
52 chain locations (55%)
Official establishments
42
−15.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$116.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,736 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.1
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
169,241
+0.3% 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 $1,736 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Terre Haute metro area spend about $116.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 95 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.2M per store, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

There are 95 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Terre Haute metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 52 are chain locations, or 55%, against 44% across the U.S. That is 14.1 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 42 businesses with payroll in the Terre Haute metro area classed as clothing and shoe stores, down 15.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,604 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 85 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show the Terre Haute metro area grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Terre Haute metro area is 42 (lower middle), #251 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.

How the Terre Haute 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Terre Haute, IN metro area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureTerre Haute metro areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.113.016.2
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,6041,6491,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−15.2%−14.3%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,736$1,935$2,055
Median household income$56,594$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score4263

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
42−15.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
511
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
85Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9552 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
92The 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 Terre Haute 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 Terre Haute metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
169,241+0.3% since 2020
Households
67,374
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,465 sq. mi.
People per square mile
115
Median household income
$56,594
Average household income
$78,125
Median home value
$143,500
Jobs located here
62,390
Daytime population
165,337Residents 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 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 Terre Haute metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Indiana

Metro areas in Indiana ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN731,15913.8$1.5M+5.4%#47 of 387
2Elkhart-Goshen, IN687710.6$1.8M+0.9%#70 of 387
3Bloomington, IN668111.9$1.6M+2.0%#84 of 387
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN651,30114.3$1.4M+2.7%#94 of 387
4Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN5611913.1$1.4M+2.1%#166 of 387
5Fort Wayne, IN5626614.6$1.3M+3.9%#168 of 387
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN526,08416.7$1.3M0.0%#193 of 387
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN5284915.2$1.3M+2.9%#196 of 387
6Evansville, IN4716614.6$1.3M+1.6%#221 of 387
7South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI4618414.3$1.3M+0.1%#228 of 387
8Terre Haute, IN429514.1$1.2M+0.3%#251 of 387

Other business types in the Terre Haute metro 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 Terre Haute, IN metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 95 clothing and shoe stores in the Terre Haute metro area. 52 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 15.2% from 2019. Official counts list 85 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $116.9M a year, or $1,736 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 95 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 67,374 households in the Terre Haute metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Terre Haute metro area has 14.1 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.2M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Terre Haute metro area would have about 92, against 95 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,604 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Terre Haute, IN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Terre Haute metro area at 169,241 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,374 households. Median household income in the Terre Haute metro area is $56,594, 30% 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. 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 Terre Haute metro area scores 42 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #251 of 387 scored metro areas.

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