Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Minnesota
Clothing and shoe stores in the Fairmont, MN area
How the Fairmont, MN 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #323 of 536 scored small-town markets
#16 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 15
- 7 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,791 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.0
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,440
- −2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Fairmont area spend about $15.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,791 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 15 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.1M per store, 17% 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 Fairmont area has 15 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.0, 5% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Fairmont area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,210 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Fairmont area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Fairmont area scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #323 of 536 scored small-town markets and #16 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota.
How the Fairmont area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Fairmont area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.0 | 14.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,210 | 1,495 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.8% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.8% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,791 | $2,183 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $59,507 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $261K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 157 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Fairmont 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 Fairmont area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,440−2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 8,839
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 712 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $59,507+12.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,458
- Median home value
- $163,500
- Jobs located here
- 8,052
- Daytime population
- 18,159Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fairmont area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin, MN | 84 | 12 | 7.6 | $2.5M | +2.3% | #15 of 536 |
| 2Faribault-Northfield, MN | 82 | 29 | 12.3 | $1.7M | +4.2% | #22 of 536 |
| 3Winona, MN | 77 | 22 | 10.9 | $1.8M | +1.8% | #44 of 536 |
| Wahpeton, ND-MN | 74 | 8 | 8.4 | $2.3M | 0.0% | #66 of 536 |
| 4Hutchinson, MN | 72 | 18 | 11.8 | $1.7M | −0.3% | #89 of 536 |
| 5Grand Rapids, MN | 70 | 19 | 10.2 | $1.8M | +0.9% | #98 of 536 |
| 6Fergus Falls, MN | 65 | 37 | 14.7 | $1.3M | +1.6% | #144 of 536 |
| 7Brainerd, MN | 61 | 70 | 16.6 | $1.2M | +4.3% | #177 of 536 |
| 8Red Wing, MN | 58 | 33 | 16.7 | $1.2M | +1.3% | #204 of 536 |
| 9Marshall, MN | 57 | 18 | 17.8 | $1.1M | +1.0% | #217 of 536 |
| 16Fairmont, MN | 44 | 15 | 17.0 | $1.1M | −2.8% | #323 of 536 |
Other business types in the Fairmont 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 laundry48
- Clothing and shoe stores44
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Fairmont, MN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 clothing and shoe stores in the Fairmont area. 7 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Fairmont, MN area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $15.8M a year, or $1,791 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 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 8,839 households in the Fairmont area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fairmont, MN area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Fairmont area has 17.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Fairmont area would have about 13, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,210 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fairmont, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Fairmont area at 19,440 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,839 households. Median household income in the Fairmont area is $59,507, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.7%, 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. 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 Fairmont area scores 44 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #323 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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