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Clothing and shoe stores in Larue County, KY

How Larue County, KY compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
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 · $1,674 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
15,184
+2.1% 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 2 clothing and shoe stores in Larue County. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households.

Households in Larue County spend about $10M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,674 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5M per store. 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 Larue County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Larue County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, Larue County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Larue County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Larue County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureLarue CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.315.016.2
Spending per listing$5M$1.2M$1.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,5521,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.5%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,674$1,761$2,055
Median household income$67,067$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored42

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
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 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 Larue 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 Larue County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,184+2.1% since 2020
Households
5,996
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
261 sq. mi.
People per square mile
58
Median household income
$67,067+40.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,634
Median home value
$183,500
Jobs located here
2,612
Daytime population
11,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY93135.6$4.4M+4.9%#11 of 2,087
2Scott County, KY87167.1$2.8M+8.2%#58 of 2,087
3Jessamine County, KY85105.0$3.8M+7.8%#70 of 2,087
4Bullitt County, KY85185.7$3.4M+5.0%#74 of 2,087
5Anderson County, KY7955.2$3.5M+5.5%#167 of 2,087
6Meade County, KY7565.5$3.4M+2.2%#228 of 2,087
7Kenton County, KY74598.8$2.3M+3.9%#259 of 2,087
8Allen County, KY6956.2$2.6M+9.5%#396 of 2,087
9Clark County, KY67138.6$2M+2.3%#467 of 2,087
10Mercer County, KY6688.7$2M+4.8%#491 of 2,087
Larue County, KYNot scored23.3$5M+2.1%

Other business types in Larue County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Larue County, KY?

There are 2 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Larue 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 Larue County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Larue County, KY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $10M a year, or $1,674 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $5M 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 5,996 households in Larue County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Larue County has 2 clothing and shoe stores 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, Larue County would have about 8, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Larue County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Larue County at 15,184 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,996 households. The median household income in Larue County is $67,067 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.8% 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. Larue County has no market score for clothing and shoe stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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 Larue County

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