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Clothing and shoe stores in the Atchison, KS area
How the Atchison, 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #237 of 536 scored small-town markets
#4 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,747 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
- 16,172
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 clothing and shoe stores in the Atchison area. None of them are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.5, 35% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Atchison area comes to about $10M a year: $1,747 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 Atchison area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Atchison area declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Atchison area scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #237 of 536 scored small-town markets and #4 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Kansas.
How the Atchison 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.
| Measure | Atchison area | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 14.5 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,449 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −11.4% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,747 | $1,989 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $61,112 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 51 |
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
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Atchison 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 Atchison area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,172−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,735
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 431 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $61,112+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,946
- Median home value
- $145,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,726
- Daytime population
- 14,569Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kansas for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with the Atchison area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottawa, KS | 67 | 12 | 11.5 | $1.6M | +1.1% | #121 of 536 |
| 2McPherson, KS | 63 | 15 | 12.3 | $1.6M | −0.4% | #157 of 536 |
| 3Arkansas City-Winfield, KS | 56 | 14 | 10.5 | $1.7M | −0.4% | #219 of 536 |
| 4Atchison, KS | 54 | 6 | 10.5 | $1.7M | −0.9% | #237 of 536 |
| 5Hutchinson, KS | 51 | 31 | 12.1 | $1.4M | −0.6% | #262 of 536 |
| 6Salina, KS | 41 | 40 | 16.0 | $1.1M | −1.4% | #344 of 536 |
| 7Emporia, KS | 35 | 28 | 19.1 | $893K | +0.4% | #403 of 536 |
| 8Great Bend, KS | 33 | 22 | 21.2 | $816K | −2.5% | #419 of 536 |
| 9Pittsburg, KS | 31 | 28 | 17.7 | $945K | +0.1% | #433 of 536 |
| 10Dodge City, KS | 31 | 26 | 22.0 | $850K | −0.6% | #436 of 536 |
Other business types in the Atchison area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry60
- Clothing and shoe stores54
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Atchison, KS area?
There are 6 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Atchison area 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 the Atchison area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Atchison, KS area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $10M a year, or $1,747 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 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 5,735 households in the Atchison area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Atchison, KS area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Atchison 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 Atchison area would have about 8, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is the Atchison, KS area growing?
Population estimates put the Atchison area at 16,172 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,735 households. The median household income in the Atchison area is $61,112 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.2% 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. 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 Atchison area scores 54 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #237 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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