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Clothing and shoe stores in Essex County, NY
How Essex County, NY compares with other counties and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #815 of 2,087 scored counties
#39 of 60 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 20
- 5 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,127 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 37% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.2
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,438
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 clothing and shoe stores in Essex County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 12.2 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
At $2,127 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Essex County spend about $34.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $1.7M per store, 37% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Essex County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 1,816 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $473K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Essex County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Essex County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Essex County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #815 of 2,087 scored counties and #39 of 60 scored counties in New York.
How Essex County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Essex County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.2 | 19.3 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,816 | 1,039 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −16.7% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,127 | $2,448 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $71,661 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 88
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 205 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $473K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Essex 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 Essex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,438−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 16,342
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,794 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $71,661+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,488
- Median home value
- $211,900
- Jobs located here
- 14,557
- Daytime population
- 35,396Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New York for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in New York, with Essex County marked.
Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Putnam County, NY | 88 | 23 | 6.5 | $4.5M | +1.4% | #39 of 2,087 |
| 2Sullivan County, NY | 88 | 20 | 6.4 | $3.5M | +2.7% | #40 of 2,087 |
| 3Schenectady County, NY | 84 | 50 | 7.5 | $3M | +3.0% | #87 of 2,087 |
| 4Wayne County, NY | 83 | 17 | 4.4 | $4.7M | +0.1% | #102 of 2,087 |
| 5Oswego County, NY | 82 | 14 | 3.0 | $7M | +1.0% | #114 of 2,087 |
| 6Rensselaer County, NY | 82 | 37 | 5.5 | $4.2M | −0.2% | #120 of 2,087 |
| 7Schoharie County, NY | 81 | 5 | 3.9 | $5.4M | +1.4% | #136 of 2,087 |
| 8Madison County, NY | 81 | 13 | 5.0 | $4.4M | −1.2% | #137 of 2,087 |
| 9Montgomery County, NY | 81 | 12 | 6.1 | $3.3M | +1.1% | #141 of 2,087 |
| 10Greene County, NY | 80 | 11 | 5.9 | $3.8M | −1.1% | #151 of 2,087 |
| 39Essex County, NY | 56 | 20 | 12.2 | $1.7M | −2.2% | #815 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Essex 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 laundry58
- Clothing and shoe stores56
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Essex County, NY?
There are 20 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Essex County as of September 2026. 5 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Essex County, NY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $34.8M a year, or $2,127 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 16,342 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Essex County, NY compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Essex County has 12.2 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.7M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Essex County would have about 27, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,816 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is Essex County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Essex County at 36,438 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,342 households. The median household income in Essex County is $71,661 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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. Essex County scores 56 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #815 of 2,087 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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