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Clothing and shoe stores in Cape May County, NJ
The clothing and shoe stores in Cape May County, NJ, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,878 of 2,087 scored counties
#21 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 188
- 24 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 136
- +8.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $109.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,448 a household
- Spending per listing
- $584K
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 41.9
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,390
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Cape May County scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #1,878 of 2,087 scored counties and #21 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Cape May County comes to about $109.9M a year: $2,448 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That is about $584K of household spending for each store on map listings, 54% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Cape May County has 188 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 41.9, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts show 136 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Cape May County in 2023, up 8.8% from 2019. That is one for every 330 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Cape May County. Population estimates put the population change in Cape May County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Cape May County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Cape May County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 41.9 | 17.5 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $584K | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 330 | 1,042 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.8% | −12.9% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,448 | $2,665 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $91,128 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 125 → 136+8.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 579
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 106Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18824 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 87The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Cape May 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 Cape May County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,390−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 44,884
- Median age
- 50.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 252 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 377
- Median household income
- $91,128+35.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $122,129
- Median home value
- $434,600
- Jobs located here
- 34,945
- Daytime population
- 90,601Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, NJ | 91 | 31 | 6.8 | $3.6M | +3.2% | #22 of 2,087 |
| 2Sussex County, NJ | 90 | 32 | 5.5 | $5M | +2.9% | #25 of 2,087 |
| 3Salem County, NJ | 88 | 10 | 4.0 | $5.6M | +2.3% | #35 of 2,087 |
| 4Hunterdon County, NJ | 75 | 72 | 14.2 | $2.2M | +2.3% | #239 of 2,087 |
| 5Burlington County, NJ | 74 | 219 | 12.4 | $2.2M | +4.3% | #263 of 2,087 |
| 6Somerset County, NJ | 68 | 194 | 14.8 | $2.1M | +3.5% | #435 of 2,087 |
| 7Gloucester County, NJ | 68 | 146 | 13.0 | $2M | +3.3% | #439 of 2,087 |
| 8Middlesex County, NJ | 65 | 429 | 13.9 | $2M | +2.6% | #524 of 2,087 |
| 9Hudson County, NJ | 62 | 440 | 14.7 | $1.8M | +1.8% | #614 of 2,087 |
| 10Mercer County, NJ | 61 | 227 | 15.8 | $1.7M | +3.3% | #651 of 2,087 |
| 21Cape May County, NJ | 24 | 188 | 41.9 | $584K | −1.7% | #1,878 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Cape May 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 laundry24
- Clothing and shoe stores24
- Laundromats44
- Dry cleaners59
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Cape May County, NJ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 188 clothing and shoe stores in Cape May County. 24 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 136 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, up 8.8% from 2019. Another 106 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Cape May County, NJ spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $109.9M a year, or $2,448 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 188 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $584K 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 44,884 households in Cape May County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cape May County, NJ compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Cape May County has 41.9 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $584K, 54% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Cape May County would have about 87, against 188 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 330 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Cape May County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Cape May County at 93,390 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 44,884 households. Median household income in Cape May County is $91,128, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.9%, 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. Cape May County scores 24 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #1,878 of 2,087 scored counties.
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