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Clothing and shoe stores in Wells County, ND
How Wells County, ND 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
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,882 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 3,729
- −5.9% since 2020
See the clothing and shoe stores around any address in Wells 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 Wells 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 1 clothing or shoe store in Wells County. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households.
At $1,882 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Wells County spend about $3.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That works out to $3.4M 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 Wells County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Wells County declined 5.9% from 2020 to 2025, 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 Wells 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.
| Measure | Wells County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 16.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,330 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −16.2% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.9% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,882 | $1,999 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $66,114 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Wells 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 Wells County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,729−5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 1,787
- Median age
- 45.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,271 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $66,114
- Average household income
- $96,130
- Median home value
- $114,500
- Jobs located here
- 1,434
- Daytime population
- 3,709Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Wells 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 North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morton County, ND | 83 | 9 | 6.5 | $3.1M | +3.8% | #109 of 2,087 |
| 2Richland County, ND | 73 | 5 | 7.3 | $2.7M | +1.2% | #283 of 2,087 |
| 3McKenzie County, ND | 58 | 9 | 15.0 | $1.5M | +2.8% | #749 of 2,087 |
| 4Ramsey County, ND | 57 | 5 | 9.2 | $2M | −0.4% | #768 of 2,087 |
| 5Stutsman County, ND | 51 | 10 | 10.6 | $1.7M | −0.6% | #1,005 of 2,087 |
| 6Cass County, ND | 51 | 155 | 18.5 | $1.1M | +9.1% | #1,029 of 2,087 |
| 7Williams County, ND | 50 | 28 | 18.5 | $1.2M | +1.4% | #1,064 of 2,087 |
| 8Barnes County, ND | 49 | 5 | 10.2 | $1.8M | −2.7% | #1,077 of 2,087 |
| 9Walsh County, ND | 40 | 6 | 13.6 | $1.4M | −3.3% | #1,391 of 2,087 |
| 10Burleigh County, ND | 40 | 98 | 23.7 | $895K | +4.7% | #1,417 of 2,087 |
| Wells County, ND | Not scored | 1 | 5.6 | $3.4M | −5.9% |
Other business types in Wells 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 Wells County, ND?
There is 1 clothing or shoe store on map listings in Wells 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 Wells County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wells County, ND spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $3.4M a year, or $1,882 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 clothing or shoe store on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 1,787 households in Wells County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wells County, ND compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Wells County has 1 clothing or shoe store 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, Wells County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Wells County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Wells County at 3,729 people in 2025, down 5.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,787 households. The median household income in Wells County is $66,114 a year, 18% 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 Wells 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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