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Clothing and shoe stores in Ripley County, MO
How Ripley County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,509 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.0
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,717
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 clothing and shoe stores in Ripley County. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.0, 38% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Ripley County comes to about $6M a year: $1,509 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per store, 19% above 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Ripley County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ripley County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, Ripley County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Ripley County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Ripley County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.0 | 15.2 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,482 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.8% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,509 | $1,939 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $42,037 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Ripley 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 Ripley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,717+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 4,002
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 630 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $42,037+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $55,178
- Median home value
- $119,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,749
- Daytime population
- 8,959Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, MO | 90 | 8 | 5.8 | $3.5M | +9.2% | #27 of 2,087 |
| 2Lincoln County, MO | 88 | 20 | 8.8 | $2.3M | +11.4% | #48 of 2,087 |
| 3Cass County, MO | 87 | 32 | 7.4 | $2.8M | +7.1% | #57 of 2,087 |
| 4Jefferson County, MO | 81 | 67 | 7.6 | $2.6M | +2.7% | #143 of 2,087 |
| 5Clay County, MO | 79 | 92 | 9.0 | $2.3M | +4.3% | #172 of 2,087 |
| 6Christian County, MO | 78 | 39 | 11.1 | $1.8M | +8.3% | #187 of 2,087 |
| 7Lafayette County, MO | 74 | 11 | 8.7 | $2.3M | +1.4% | #262 of 2,087 |
| 8Franklin County, MO | 71 | 41 | 9.5 | $2M | +3.1% | #353 of 2,087 |
| 9St. Charles County, MO | 71 | 193 | 12.0 | $2M | +4.9% | #354 of 2,087 |
| 10Lawrence County, MO | 70 | 9 | 6.2 | $2.8M | +3.7% | #368 of 2,087 |
| Ripley County, MO | Not scored | 4 | 10.0 | $1.5M | +0.4% |
Other business types in Ripley 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 laundry32
- Clothing and shoe stores
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Ripley County, MO?
There are 4 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Ripley County as of September 2026. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in Ripley County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ripley County, MO spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $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 4 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 4,002 households in Ripley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ripley County, MO compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Ripley County has 10.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.5M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Ripley County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Ripley County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Ripley County at 10,717 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,002 households. The median household income in Ripley County is $42,037 a year, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.2% 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. 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. Ripley County has no market score for clothing and shoe stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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