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Clothing and shoe stores in Scott County, MS

How Scott 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 18 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,983 of 2,087 scored counties
#37 of 59 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
21
9 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,509 a household
Spending per listing
$696K
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.7
34% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,073
+0.4% 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 Scott County is 18 (low), #1,983 of 2,087 scored counties and #37 of 59 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $1,509 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Scott County spend about $14.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 21 clothing and shoe stores, that is $696K per store, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Scott County has 21 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 21.7 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Scott County in 2023. That is one for every 1,211 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $105K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Scott County. Population estimates show Scott County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Scott 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Scott County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureScott CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.722.216.2
Spending per listing$696K$756K$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,2119411,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.7%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,509$1,677$2,055
Median household income$48,786$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score184

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 8
Employees, 2023
66
Annual payroll, 2023
$971K
One-person businesses, 2023
28Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
219 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$105K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Scott 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 Scott County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,073+0.4% since 2020
Households
9,686
Median age
37.4
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
609 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$48,786+39.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,814
Median home value
$106,700
Jobs located here
14,736
Daytime population
30,648Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Scott County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Marshall County, MS52129.1$1.8M+2.6%#964 of 2,087
2Pearl River County, MS522712.3$1.4M+5.6%#986 of 2,087
3Stone County, MS50811.9$1.4M+7.2%#1,051 of 2,087
4Hancock County, MS483215.8$1.1M+1.6%#1,138 of 2,087
5George County, MS462425.8$663K+8.1%#1,206 of 2,087
6Copiah County, MS43109.9$1.6M−2.7%#1,284 of 2,087
7Tate County, MS411513.6$1.3M+2.1%#1,362 of 2,087
8Jackson County, MS4011319.6$909K+3.0%#1,416 of 2,087
9Tishomingo County, MS38910.2$1.6M−1.1%#1,463 of 2,087
10Itawamba County, MS381616.6$994K+1.3%#1,477 of 2,087
37Scott County, MS182121.7$696K+0.4%#1,983 of 2,087

Other business types in Scott County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Scott County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 clothing and shoe stores in Scott County. 9 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Scott County, MS spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $14.6M a year, or $1,509 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $696K 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 9,686 households in Scott County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Scott County, MS compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

Scott County has 21.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $696K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Scott County would have about 12, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,211 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Scott County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Scott County at 28,073 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,686 households. Median household income in Scott County is $48,786, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.6%, 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. Scott County scores 18 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #1,983 of 2,087 scored counties.

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