Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Mississippi
Clothing and shoe stores in the Starkville, MS area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Starkville, MS area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #463 of 536 scored small-town markets
#3 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 56
- 18 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- −8.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $42.1M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,623 a household
- Spending per listing
- $751K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.6
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,063
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Starkville area scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #463 of 536 scored small-town markets and #3 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 56 clothing and shoe stores in the Starkville area. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 21.6 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
At $1,623 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in the Starkville area spend about $42.1M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $751K per store, 41% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Starkville area was 21 in 2023, down 8.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,234 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Starkville area. Population estimates put the population change in the Starkville area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Starkville area 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 | Starkville area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.6 | 22.2 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $751K | $756K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,234 | 941 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.7% | −6.7% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,623 | $1,677 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $48,750 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 4 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21−8.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 226
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 76Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5618 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $25K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Starkville 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 Starkville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,063+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 25,913
- Median age
- 32.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 879 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $48,750+18.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,892
- Median home value
- $208,300
- Jobs located here
- 23,717
- Daytime population
- 62,501Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the Starkville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Picayune, MS | 60 | 27 | 12.3 | $1.4M | +5.6% | #183 of 536 |
| 2Oxford, MS | 35 | 64 | 26.6 | $678K | +5.3% | #409 of 536 |
| 3Starkville, MS | 27 | 56 | 21.6 | $751K | +0.8% | #463 of 536 |
| 4Laurel, MS | 26 | 54 | 17.1 | $941K | −1.5% | #468 of 536 |
| 5Brookhaven, MS | 22 | 28 | 21.3 | $769K | +0.5% | #495 of 536 |
| 6Tupelo, MS | 22 | 184 | 35.5 | $482K | +0.8% | #502 of 536 |
| 7Natchez, MS-LA | 20 | 44 | 21.2 | $719K | −0.9% | #506 of 536 |
| 8Vicksburg, MS | 18 | 49 | 29.2 | $605K | −6.3% | #515 of 536 |
| 9Corinth, MS | 14 | 36 | 24.9 | $629K | −0.5% | #523 of 536 |
| 10Greenwood, MS | 13 | 25 | 17.3 | $874K | −8.8% | #525 of 536 |
Other business types in the Starkville 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 laundry30
- Clothing and shoe stores27
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Starkville, MS area?
There are 56 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Starkville area as of September 2026. 18 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 8.7% from 2019. Another 76 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Starkville, MS area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $42.1M a year, or $1,623 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $751K 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 25,913 households in the Starkville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Starkville, MS area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Starkville area has 21.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $751K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Starkville area would have about 33, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,234 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Starkville, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Starkville area at 62,063 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,913 households. The median household income in the Starkville area is $48,750 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Starkville area scores 27 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #463 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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