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Clothing and shoe stores in Stark County, ND

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Stark County, ND, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,449 of 2,087 scored counties
#12 of 13 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
28
13 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$26.7M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,972 a household
Spending per listing
$954K
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.7
28% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,013
+0.5% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Stark County comes to about $26.7M a year: $1,972 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 28 clothing and shoe stores, that is $954K per store, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Stark County has 28 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.7, 28% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Stark County in 2023. That is one for every 1,354 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Stark County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Stark County is 39 (lower middle), #1,449 of 2,087 scored counties and #12 of 13 scored counties in North Dakota.

How Stark County compares

The same measures for North Dakota 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 Stark County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureStark CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.716.016.2
Spending per listing$954K$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,3541,3301,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−16.2%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,972$1,999$2,055
Median household income$84,449$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score3948

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 10
Employees, 2023
63
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2813 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The 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 Stark 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 Stark County

Population, 2025 estimate
34,013+0.5% since 2020
Households
13,537
Median age
36.0
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,335 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$84,449+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,478
Median home value
$271,700
Jobs located here
17,400
Daytime population
33,106Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Stark County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Morton County, ND8396.5$3.1M+3.8%#109 of 2,087
2Richland County, ND7357.3$2.7M+1.2%#283 of 2,087
3McKenzie County, ND58915.0$1.5M+2.8%#749 of 2,087
4Ramsey County, ND5759.2$2M−0.4%#768 of 2,087
5Stutsman County, ND511010.6$1.7M−0.6%#1,005 of 2,087
6Cass County, ND5115518.5$1.1M+9.1%#1,029 of 2,087
7Williams County, ND502818.5$1.2M+1.4%#1,064 of 2,087
8Barnes County, ND49510.2$1.8M−2.7%#1,077 of 2,087
9Walsh County, ND40613.6$1.4M−3.3%#1,391 of 2,087
10Burleigh County, ND409823.7$895K+4.7%#1,417 of 2,087
12Stark County, ND392820.7$954K+0.5%#1,449 of 2,087

Other business types in Stark County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Stark County, ND?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 clothing and shoe stores in Stark County. 13 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Stark County, ND spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $26.7M a year, or $1,972 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $954K 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 13,537 households in Stark County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Stark County, ND compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

Stark County has 20.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $954K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Stark County would have about 21, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,354 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Stark County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Stark County at 34,013 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,537 households. Median household income in Stark County is $84,449, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.2%, 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. Stark County scores 39 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,449 of 2,087 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing and shoe stores · All 56 business types in Stark County

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