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Clothing and shoe stores in Carter County, MT
How Carter County, MT 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
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $862K
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,436 a household
- Spending per listing
- $431K
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 1,383
- −1.6% since 2020
See the clothing and shoe stores around any address in Carter County
The site report maps the clothing and shoe stores on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Carter County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 clothing and shoe stores in Carter County. That is 33.3 per 10,000 households.
At $1,436 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in Carter County spend about $862K a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 2 clothing and shoe stores, that is $431K per store. 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 Carter County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carter County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Carter County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Carter County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.3 | 14.5 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $431K | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,504 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.4% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,436 | $1,721 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $54,167 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 46 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,383−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 600
- Median age
- 57.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 3,341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $54,167
- Average household income
- $67,789
- Median home value
- $199,200
- Jobs located here
- 290
- Daytime population
- 1,228Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Carter County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the clothing and shoe stores on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ravalli County, MT | 67 | 18 | 9.6 | $1.7M | +9.4% | #474 of 2,087 |
| 2Lincoln County, MT | 66 | 5 | 5.5 | $2.6M | +13.1% | #479 of 2,087 |
| 3Lewis and Clark County, MT | 66 | 34 | 10.9 | $1.6M | +5.8% | #504 of 2,087 |
| 4Lake County, MT | 60 | 12 | 9.5 | $1.7M | +6.9% | #679 of 2,087 |
| 5Gallatin County, MT | 44 | 105 | 20.5 | $965K | +7.7% | #1,279 of 2,087 |
| 6Yellowstone County, MT | 43 | 107 | 15.3 | $1.2M | +4.5% | #1,295 of 2,087 |
| 7Park County, MT | 42 | 20 | 23.9 | $725K | +5.7% | #1,348 of 2,087 |
| 8Flathead County, MT | 41 | 80 | 18.1 | $964K | +10.1% | #1,377 of 2,087 |
| 9Fergus County, MT | 40 | 6 | 11.3 | $1.4M | +3.1% | #1,392 of 2,087 |
| 10Cascade County, MT | 39 | 44 | 12.4 | $1.3M | +0.7% | #1,426 of 2,087 |
| Carter County, MT | Not scored | 2 | 33.3 | $431K | −1.6% |
Other business types in Carter County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry
- Clothing and shoe stores
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Carter County, MT?
There are 2 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Carter 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 Carter County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Carter County, MT spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $862K a year, or $1,436 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $431K 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 600 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, MT compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Carter County has 2 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Carter County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Carter County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 1,383 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 600 households. The median household income in Carter County is $54,167 a year, 33% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Carter County. It maps the clothing and shoe stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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