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Clothing and shoe stores in Marion County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Marion County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,679 of 2,087 scored counties
#51 of 75 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 13
- 3 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,617 a household
- Spending per listing
- $960K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.8
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,115
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Marion County scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #1,679 of 2,087 scored counties and #51 of 75 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Marion County comes to about $12.5M a year: $1,617 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 clothing and shoe stores, that is $960K per store, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Marion County has 13 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That is 16.8 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores in Marion County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marion County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Marion 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.
| Measure | Marion County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.8 | 15.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $960K | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,552 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.5% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,617 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $59,627 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 42 |
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
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Marion 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 Marion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,115+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,724
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 344 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $59,627+48.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,085
- Median home value
- $168,100
- Jobs located here
- 9,028
- Daytime population
- 19,568Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 93 | 13 | 5.6 | $4.4M | +4.9% | #11 of 2,087 |
| 2Scott County, KY | 87 | 16 | 7.1 | $2.8M | +8.2% | #58 of 2,087 |
| 3Jessamine County, KY | 85 | 10 | 5.0 | $3.8M | +7.8% | #70 of 2,087 |
| 4Bullitt County, KY | 85 | 18 | 5.7 | $3.4M | +5.0% | #74 of 2,087 |
| 5Anderson County, KY | 79 | 5 | 5.2 | $3.5M | +5.5% | #167 of 2,087 |
| 6Meade County, KY | 75 | 6 | 5.5 | $3.4M | +2.2% | #228 of 2,087 |
| 7Kenton County, KY | 74 | 59 | 8.8 | $2.3M | +3.9% | #259 of 2,087 |
| 8Allen County, KY | 69 | 5 | 6.2 | $2.6M | +9.5% | #396 of 2,087 |
| 9Clark County, KY | 67 | 13 | 8.6 | $2M | +2.3% | #467 of 2,087 |
| 10Mercer County, KY | 66 | 8 | 8.7 | $2M | +4.8% | #491 of 2,087 |
| 51Marion County, KY | 31 | 13 | 16.8 | $960K | +2.7% | #1,679 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Marion County
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 laundry35
- Clothing and shoe stores31
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Marion County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 clothing and shoe stores in Marion County. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in Marion County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Marion County, KY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $12.5M a year, or $1,617 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $960K per store. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,724 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marion County, KY compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Marion County has 16.8 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $960K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Marion County would have about 10, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Marion County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Marion County at 20,115 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,724 households. Median household income in Marion County is $59,627, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 48.7%, 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. Marion County scores 31 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,679 of 2,087 scored counties.
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