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Clothing and shoe stores in the Lexington Park, MD metro area

How the Lexington Park, MD metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 88 out of 100: High

Ranked #7 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland

Listings
53
24 chain locations (45%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$189.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,494 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
2.8 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.0
57% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
211,176
+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

The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Lexington Park metro area is 88 (high), #7 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for clothing and shoe stores.

As of September 2026, map listings count 53 clothing and shoe stores in the Lexington Park metro area. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 45%, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 7.0 for every 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

At $2,494 per household (21% above the U.S. average), households in the Lexington Park metro area spend about $189.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 53 clothing and shoe stores, that is $3.6M per store, 2.8 times 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.

Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Lexington Park metro area in 2023. That is one for every 5,060 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $200K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Lexington Park metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lexington Park metro area grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Lexington Park metro area compares

The same measures for Maryland 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 Lexington Park, MD metro area compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureLexington Park metro areaMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.014.816.2
Spending per listing$3.6M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishment5,0601,3181,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−16.5%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$2,494$2,283$2,055
Median household income$126,256$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score8860

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15
Employees, 2023
284
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
156Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5324 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
149The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$200K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Lexington Park metro 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 Lexington Park metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
211,176+2.1% since 2020
Households
75,901
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
572 sq. mi.
People per square mile
366
Median household income
$126,256
Average household income
$149,864
Median home value
$434,100
Jobs located here
57,104
Daytime population
183,305Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Maryland

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Maryland for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Maryland (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lexington Park metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Maryland

Metro areas in Maryland ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lexington Park, MD88537.0$3.6M+2.1%#7 of 387
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV743,30113.9$1.8M+3.3%#41 of 387
2Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV6814612.4$1.5M+7.1%#72 of 387
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD643,99216.2$1.5M+1.4%#100 of 387
3Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD581,70615.2$1.5M+0.4%#147 of 387
4Salisbury, MD398717.8$1M+2.9%#273 of 387

Other business types in the Lexington Park metro 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 Lexington Park, MD metro area?

The Lexington Park metro area has 53 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 24 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 156 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Lexington Park, MD metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $189.3M a year, or $2,494 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 75,901 households in the Lexington Park metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lexington Park, MD metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Lexington Park metro area has 7.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $3.6M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Lexington Park metro area would have about 149, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,060 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is the Lexington Park, MD metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lexington Park metro area at 211,176 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 75,901 households. The median household income in the Lexington Park metro area is $126,256 a year, 56% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Lexington Park metro area scores 88 for clothing and shoe stores (high), #7 of 387 scored metro areas.

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