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Clothing and shoe stores in St. Lawrence County, NY

How St. Lawrence 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #434 of 2,087 scored counties
#28 of 60 scored counties in New York

Listings
38
20 chain locations (53%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$82.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,982 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
71% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.1
44% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
105,488
−2.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in St. Lawrence County spend about $82.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,982 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 38 clothing and shoe stores, that is $2.2M per store, 71% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

There are 38 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in St. Lawrence County as of September 2026. Of those, 20 are chain locations, or 53%, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.1, 44% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in St. Lawrence County in 2023. That is one for every 5,208 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in St. Lawrence County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. St. Lawrence County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #434 of 2,087 scored counties and #28 of 60 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How St. Lawrence 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in St. Lawrence County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Lawrence CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.119.316.2
Spending per listing$2.2M$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment5,2081,0391,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−16.7%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,982$2,448$2,055
Median household income$62,850$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score6839

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 8
Employees, 2023
92
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
35Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3820 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
65The 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 St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County

Population, 2025 estimate
105,488−2.5% since 2020
Households
41,666
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
2,680 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$62,850+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,668
Median home value
$121,900
Jobs located here
32,561
Daytime population
102,579Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across New York

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in New York, with St. Lawrence County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Putnam County, NY88236.5$4.5M+1.4%#39 of 2,087
2Sullivan County, NY88206.4$3.5M+2.7%#40 of 2,087
3Schenectady County, NY84507.5$3M+3.0%#87 of 2,087
4Wayne County, NY83174.4$4.7M+0.1%#102 of 2,087
5Oswego County, NY82143.0$7M+1.0%#114 of 2,087
6Rensselaer County, NY82375.5$4.2M−0.2%#120 of 2,087
7Schoharie County, NY8153.9$5.4M+1.4%#136 of 2,087
8Madison County, NY81135.0$4.4M−1.2%#137 of 2,087
9Montgomery County, NY81126.1$3.3M+1.1%#141 of 2,087
10Greene County, NY80115.9$3.8M−1.1%#151 of 2,087
28St. Lawrence County, NY68389.1$2.2M−2.5%#434 of 2,087

Other business types in St. Lawrence County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in St. Lawrence County, NY?

As of September 2026, map listings count 38 clothing and shoe stores in St. Lawrence County. 20 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in St. Lawrence County, NY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $82.6M a year, or $1,982 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 41,666 households in St. Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Lawrence County, NY compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

St. Lawrence County has 9.1 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.2M, 71% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, St. Lawrence County would have about 65, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,208 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Lawrence County, NY growing?

Population estimates put St. Lawrence County at 105,488 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,666 households. Median household income in St. Lawrence County is $62,850, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. St. Lawrence County scores 68 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #434 of 2,087 scored counties.

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