Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Mississippi
Clothing and shoe stores in the Tupelo, MS area
How the Tupelo, MS 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #502 of 536 scored small-town markets
#6 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 184
- 81 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 79
- −8.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $88.7M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,712 a household
- Spending per listing
- $482K
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.5
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 133,167
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Tupelo area scores 22 (low) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #502 of 536 scored small-town markets and #6 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Tupelo area spend about $88.7M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,712 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $482K per store, 62% 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 Tupelo area has 184 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 35.5, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Tupelo area in 2023, down 8.4% from 2019. That is one for every 656 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Tupelo area grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Tupelo 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 | Tupelo area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.5 | 22.2 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $482K | $756K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 656 | 941 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.4% | −6.7% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,712 | $1,677 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $63,170 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 4 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 79−8.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 910
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 154Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18481 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 70The 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 Tupelo 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 Tupelo area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 133,167+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 51,805
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,398 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 95
- Median household income
- $63,170
- Average household income
- $84,752
- Median home value
- $170,600
- Jobs located here
- 68,715
- Daytime population
- 143,876Residents 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 Tupelo 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 Tupelo 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 laundry22
- Clothing and shoe stores22
- Laundromats53
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Tupelo, MS area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 184 clothing and shoe stores in the Tupelo area. 81 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 8.4% from 2019. Another 154 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Tupelo, MS area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $88.7M a year, or $1,712 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 184 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $482K 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 51,805 households in the Tupelo area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tupelo, MS area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Tupelo area has 35.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $482K, 62% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Tupelo area would have about 70, against 184 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 656 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Tupelo, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the Tupelo area at 133,167 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,805 households. Median household income in the Tupelo area is $63,170, 22% below 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 Tupelo area scores 22 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #502 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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