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Clothing and shoe stores in Harrison County, IA

How Harrison County, IA 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #712 of 2,087 scored counties
#16 of 66 scored counties in Iowa

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,956 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
34% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.5
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,623
+0.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 clothing and shoe stores in Harrison County. None of them are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.5, 29% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

At $1,956 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Harrison County spend about $11.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 7 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.7M per store, 34% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. 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 Harrison County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $35K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Harrison County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Harrison County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Harrison County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #712 of 2,087 scored counties and #16 of 66 scored counties in Iowa.

How Harrison 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 Harrison County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureHarrison CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.515.616.2
Spending per listing$1.7M$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+0.4%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,956$1,967$2,055
Median household income$79,535$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score5948

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
9Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$35K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Harrison 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 Harrison County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,623+0.4% since 2020
Households
6,089
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
697 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$79,535+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,184
Median home value
$176,000
Jobs located here
3,669
Daytime population
11,431Residents 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 Harrison 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
16Harrison County, IA59711.5$1.7M+0.4%#712 of 2,087

Other business types in Harrison County

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

Questions

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

Harrison County has 7 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in Harrison County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $11.9M a year, or $1,956 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 6,089 households in Harrison County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Harrison County has 11.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 29% 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 national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Harrison County would have about 9, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is Harrison County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Harrison County at 14,623 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,089 households. The median household income in Harrison County is $79,535 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Harrison County scores 59 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #712 of 2,087 scored counties.

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 Harrison County

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