Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Massachusetts
Clothing and shoe stores in the Nantucket, MA area
How the Nantucket, MA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #400 of 536 scored small-town markets
#3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 85
- 16 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- +2.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $16.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $3,188 a household
- Spending per listing
- $197K
- 84% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 161.8
- 10 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,758
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Nantucket area spend about $16.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $3,188 per household, 55% above the U.S. average. Spread across 85 clothing and shoe stores, that is $197K per store, 84% 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 Nantucket area has 85 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 161.8 per 10,000 households, 10 times the U.S. rate of 16.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 40 businesses with payroll in the Nantucket area classed as clothing and shoe stores, up 2.6% from 2019. That is one for every 131 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $85K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Nantucket area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Nantucket area grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Nantucket area scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #400 of 536 scored small-town markets and #3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts.
How the Nantucket area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Nantucket area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 161.8 | 16.2 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $197K | $1.7M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 131 | 1,233 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.6% | −12.9% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $3,188 | $2,675 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $139,688 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40+2.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 131
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8516 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $85K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Nantucket 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 Nantucket area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,758+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,252
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 46 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $139,688
- Average household income
- $205,560
- Median home value
- $1,593,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,570
- Daytime population
- 13,667Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Massachusetts for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Massachusetts, with the Nantucket area marked.
Top small-town markets in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greenfield, MA | 85 | 14 | 4.4 | $4.9M | −0.3% | #11 of 536 |
| 2Vineyard Haven, MA | 36 | 80 | 105.5 | $270K | +3.1% | #399 of 536 |
| 3Nantucket, MA | 36 | 85 | 161.8 | $197K | +3.6% | #400 of 536 |
Other business types in the Nantucket 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 laundry36
- Clothing and shoe stores36
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Nantucket, MA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 85 clothing and shoe stores in the Nantucket area. 16 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, up 2.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Nantucket, MA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $16.7M a year, or $3,188 per household. That is 55% above the U.S. average (an index of 155, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 85 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $197K 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 5,252 households in the Nantucket area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Nantucket, MA area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Nantucket area has 161.8 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 10 times the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $197K, 84% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Nantucket area would have about 13, against 85 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 131 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Nantucket, MA area growing?
Population estimates put the Nantucket area at 14,758 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,252 households. Median household income in the Nantucket area is $139,688, 73% 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. 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 Nantucket area scores 36 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #400 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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