Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Louisiana
Clothing and shoe stores in the Minden, LA area
The clothing and shoe stores in the Minden, LA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #522 of 536 scored small-town markets
#8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 31
- 10 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,497 a household
- Spending per listing
- $692K
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.6
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,948
- −5.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Minden area scores 14 (low) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #522 of 536 scored small-town markets and #8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Minden area comes to about $21.5M a year: $1,497 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 31 clothing and shoe stores, that is $692K per store, 46% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
There are 31 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Minden area as of September 2026. 10 of them (32%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.6, 33% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Minden area in 2023. That is one for every 1,433 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Minden area declined 5.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Minden 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.
| Measure | Minden area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.6 | 20.6 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $692K | $855K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,433 | 1,057 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −12.9% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.2% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,497 | $1,761 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $41,182 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 9 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 30Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Minden 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 Minden area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,948−5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 14,334
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 593 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $41,182+42.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,266
- Median home value
- $114,500
- Jobs located here
- 11,474
- Daytime population
- 32,614Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →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 Minden area marked.
Top small-town markets in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DeRidder, LA | 58 | 22 | 16.0 | $1.1M | +0.2% | #207 of 536 |
| 2Bogalusa, LA | 42 | 25 | 14.1 | $1.1M | −0.9% | #336 of 536 |
| 3Morgan City, LA | 37 | 23 | 12.5 | $1.3M | −5.3% | #383 of 536 |
| 4Opelousas, LA | 35 | 44 | 13.7 | $1.1M | −1.9% | #401 of 536 |
| 5New Iberia, LA | 30 | 41 | 15.3 | $1.1M | −4.6% | #440 of 536 |
| 6Natchitoches, LA | 24 | 21 | 14.5 | $1.1M | −3.5% | #479 of 536 |
| Natchez, MS-LA | 20 | 44 | 21.2 | $719K | −0.9% | #506 of 536 |
| 7Ruston, LA | 15 | 55 | 29.8 | $527K | +0.1% | #521 of 536 |
| 8Minden, LA | 14 | 31 | 21.6 | $692K | −5.2% | #522 of 536 |
Other business types in the Minden 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 laundry15
- Clothing and shoe stores14
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Minden, LA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 31 clothing and shoe stores in the Minden area. 10 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Minden, LA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $21.5M a year, or $1,497 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $692K 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 14,334 households in the Minden area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Minden, LA area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Minden area has 21.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $692K, 46% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Minden area would have about 17, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,433 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is the Minden, LA area growing?
Population estimates put the Minden area at 34,948 people in 2025, down 5.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,334 households. Median household income in the Minden area is $41,182, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.3%, 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 Minden area scores 14 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #522 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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