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Clothing and shoe stores in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area

How the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #219 of 536 scored small-town markets
#3 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas

Listings
14
5 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$23.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,746 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.5
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,382
−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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 clothing and shoe stores in the Arkansas City-Winfield area. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 36%, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 10.5 for every 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Households in the Arkansas City-Winfield area spend about $23.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,746 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 31% 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 the Arkansas City-Winfield area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 19 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show the Arkansas City-Winfield area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Arkansas City-Winfield area is 56 (upper middle), #219 of 536 scored small-town markets and #3 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.

How the Arkansas City-Winfield area compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureArkansas City-Winfield areaKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.514.516.2
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.4M$1.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,4491,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−11.4%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,746$1,989$2,055
Median household income$57,878$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score5651

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
19Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
145 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 Arkansas City-Winfield 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 Arkansas City-Winfield area

Population, 2025 estimate
34,382−0.4% since 2020
Households
13,387
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,126 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$57,878
Average household income
$81,245
Median home value
$120,900
Jobs located here
13,490
Daytime population
33,626Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Kansas

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Arkansas City-Winfield area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kansas

Small-town markets in Kansas ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ottawa, KS671211.5$1.6M+1.1%#121 of 536
2McPherson, KS631512.3$1.6M−0.4%#157 of 536
3Arkansas City-Winfield, KS561410.5$1.7M−0.4%#219 of 536
4Atchison, KS54610.5$1.7M−0.9%#237 of 536
5Hutchinson, KS513112.1$1.4M−0.6%#262 of 536
6Salina, KS414016.0$1.1M−1.4%#344 of 536
7Emporia, KS352819.1$893K+0.4%#403 of 536
8Great Bend, KS332221.2$816K−2.5%#419 of 536
9Pittsburg, KS312817.7$945K+0.1%#433 of 536
10Dodge City, KS312622.0$850K−0.6%#436 of 536

Other business types in the Arkansas City-Winfield 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 Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area?

There are 14 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Arkansas City-Winfield area as of September 2026. 5 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in the Arkansas City-Winfield area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $23.4M a year, or $1,746 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 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 13,387 households in the Arkansas City-Winfield area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Arkansas City-Winfield area has 10.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.7M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Arkansas City-Winfield area would have about 18, against 14 on map listings.

How fast is the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS area growing?

Population estimates put the Arkansas City-Winfield area at 34,382 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,387 households. The median household income in the Arkansas City-Winfield area is $57,878 a year, 28% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Arkansas City-Winfield area scores 56 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #219 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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