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Clothing and shoe stores in the DeRidder, LA area

The clothing and shoe stores in the DeRidder, LA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #207 of 536 scored small-town markets
#1 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana

Listings
22
8 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$24.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,785 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.0
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,673
+0.2% 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

At $1,785 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the DeRidder area spend about $24.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 22 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.1M per store, 12% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

The DeRidder area has 22 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 16.0 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the DeRidder area classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 4,582 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the DeRidder area.

Population estimates put the population change in the DeRidder area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, the DeRidder area has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #207 of 536 scored small-town markets and #1 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana.

How the DeRidder area compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 DeRidder, LA area compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureDeRidder areaLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.020.616.2
Spending per listing$1.1M$855K$1.3M
Households per official establishment4,5821,0571,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.9%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,785$1,761$2,055
Median household income$65,944$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score589

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
45
Annual payroll, 2023
$787K
One-person businesses, 2023
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
228 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the DeRidder 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 DeRidder area

Population, 2025 estimate
36,673+0.2% since 2020
Households
13,747
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,158 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$65,944+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,451
Median home value
$161,700
Jobs located here
8,738
Daytime population
31,088Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Louisiana for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Louisiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the DeRidder area marked.

Top small-town markets in Louisiana

Small-town markets in Louisiana ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1DeRidder, LA582216.0$1.1M+0.2%#207 of 536
2Bogalusa, LA422514.1$1.1M−0.9%#336 of 536
3Morgan City, LA372312.5$1.3M−5.3%#383 of 536
4Opelousas, LA354413.7$1.1M−1.9%#401 of 536
5New Iberia, LA304115.3$1.1M−4.6%#440 of 536
6Natchitoches, LA242114.5$1.1M−3.5%#479 of 536
Natchez, MS-LA204421.2$719K−0.9%#506 of 536
7Ruston, LA155529.8$527K+0.1%#521 of 536
8Minden, LA143121.6$692K−5.2%#522 of 536

Other business types in the DeRidder 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 DeRidder, LA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 clothing and shoe stores in the DeRidder area. 8 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the DeRidder, LA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $24.5M a year, or $1,785 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 13,747 households in the DeRidder area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the DeRidder, LA area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The DeRidder area has 16.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.1M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the DeRidder area would have about 19, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,582 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is the DeRidder, LA area growing?

Population estimates put the DeRidder area at 36,673 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,747 households. Median household income in the DeRidder area is $65,944, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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 DeRidder area scores 58 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #207 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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