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Clothing and shoe stores in Newton County, MS
How Newton County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,647 of 2,087 scored counties
#15 of 59 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.3M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,593 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.3
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,960
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing and shoe stores, Newton County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,647 of 2,087 scored counties and #15 of 59 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Newton County comes to about $12.3M a year: $1,593 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 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.
Newton County has 11 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 44% across the U.S. That is 14.3 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Newton County in 2023. That is one for every 1,928 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Newton County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Newton County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Newton County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.3 | 22.2 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $756K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,928 | 941 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.7% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,593 | $1,677 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $50,540 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 4 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $95K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Newton County, 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 Newton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,960−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,713
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 578 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $50,540+40.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,166
- Median home value
- $106,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,289
- Daytime population
- 18,287Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Newton County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marshall County, MS | 52 | 12 | 9.1 | $1.8M | +2.6% | #964 of 2,087 |
| 2Pearl River County, MS | 52 | 27 | 12.3 | $1.4M | +5.6% | #986 of 2,087 |
| 3Stone County, MS | 50 | 8 | 11.9 | $1.4M | +7.2% | #1,051 of 2,087 |
| 4Hancock County, MS | 48 | 32 | 15.8 | $1.1M | +1.6% | #1,138 of 2,087 |
| 5George County, MS | 46 | 24 | 25.8 | $663K | +8.1% | #1,206 of 2,087 |
| 6Copiah County, MS | 43 | 10 | 9.9 | $1.6M | −2.7% | #1,284 of 2,087 |
| 7Tate County, MS | 41 | 15 | 13.6 | $1.3M | +2.1% | #1,362 of 2,087 |
| 8Jackson County, MS | 40 | 113 | 19.6 | $909K | +3.0% | #1,416 of 2,087 |
| 9Tishomingo County, MS | 38 | 9 | 10.2 | $1.6M | −1.1% | #1,463 of 2,087 |
| 10Itawamba County, MS | 38 | 16 | 16.6 | $994K | +1.3% | #1,477 of 2,087 |
| 15Newton County, MS | 32 | 11 | 14.3 | $1.1M | −1.4% | #1,647 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Newton County
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 laundry39
- Clothing and shoe stores32
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Newton County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 clothing and shoe stores in Newton County. One of them (9%) is a chain location. 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. Official counts also show 32 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Newton County, MS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $12.3M a year, or $1,593 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 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 7,713 households in Newton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newton County, MS compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Newton County has 14.3 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 12% below 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, Newton County would have about 10, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,928 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is Newton County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Newton County at 20,960 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,713 households. Median household income in Newton County is $50,540, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.6%, 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. 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. Newton County scores 32 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,647 of 2,087 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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