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Clothing and shoe stores in Adams County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Adams County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,916 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
6.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
3,617
−2.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 clothing or shoe store in Adams County. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Adams County comes to about $3M a year: $1,916 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $3M of household spending for each store on map listings. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Adams County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Adams County declined 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Adams County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Adams County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureAdams CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.515.616.2
Spending per listing$3M$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,4991,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.3%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,916$1,967$2,055
Median household income$71,875$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

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
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Adams 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 Adams County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,617−2.5% since 2020
Households
1,540
Median age
47.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
423 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$71,875
Average household income
$103,588
Median home value
$131,600
Jobs located here
1,221
Daytime population
3,111Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Adams County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, IA91146.8$3.2M+9.0%#23 of 2,087
2Benton County, IA7787.8$2.6M+1.8%#194 of 2,087
3Bremer County, IA7577.2$2.8M+1.1%#233 of 2,087
4Jasper County, IA75117.3$2.6M+0.9%#236 of 2,087
5Buchanan County, IA7356.1$3.1M+1.3%#276 of 2,087
6Boone County, IA71109.1$2.2M+0.4%#350 of 2,087
7Marshall County, IA70117.1$2.6M−0.5%#371 of 2,087
8Jones County, IA7078.5$2.2M+2.9%#378 of 2,087
9Cedar County, IA6856.6$3M−0.7%#421 of 2,087
10Jackson County, IA6756.1$3.1M−0.8%#449 of 2,087
Adams County, IANot scored16.5$3M−2.5%

Other business types in Adams County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Adams County, IA?

There is 1 clothing or shoe store on map listings in Adams County as of September 2026. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in Adams County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Adams County, IA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $3M a year, or $1,916 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 clothing or shoe store on map listings, it comes to $3M per store. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,540 households in Adams County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Adams County has 1 clothing or shoe store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Adams County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Adams County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Adams County at 3,617 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,540 households. The median household income in Adams County is $71,875 a year, 11% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing and shoe stores · All 56 business types in Adams County

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