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Clothing and shoe stores in Mahoning County, OH

How Mahoning County, OH 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,643 of 2,087 scored counties
#78 of 81 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
149
71 chain locations (48%)
Official establishments
76
−18.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$172.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,759 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.2
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
224,706
−1.4% 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

For clothing and shoe stores, Mahoning County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,643 of 2,087 scored counties and #78 of 81 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Mahoning County comes to about $172.5M a year: $1,759 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per store, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Mahoning County has 149 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 71 of them (48%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.2, 6% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Mahoning County was 76 in 2023, down 18.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,290 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $540K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Mahoning County. Population estimates put the population change in Mahoning County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Mahoning County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Mahoning County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureMahoning CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.212.916.2
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,2901,6771,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−18.3%−13.4%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,759$1,954$2,055
Median household income$56,942$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score3261

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
93 → 76−18.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,018
Annual payroll, 2023
$20.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
157Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
14971 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
136The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$540K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Mahoning 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 Mahoning County

Population, 2025 estimate
224,706−1.4% since 2020
Households
98,065
Median age
43.4
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
412 sq. mi.
People per square mile
550
Median household income
$56,942+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,848
Median home value
$154,700
Jobs located here
92,953
Daytime population
224,481Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH96114.5$5.3M+16.5%#2 of 2,087
2Warren County, OH85778.4$2.9M+5.7%#77 of 2,087
3Pickaway County, OH85177.8$2.5M+7.4%#79 of 2,087
4Madison County, OH8485.1$4.1M+7.1%#83 of 2,087
5Lorain County, OH83806.3$3.2M+3.1%#107 of 2,087
6Medina County, OH82446.0$3.7M+1.3%#122 of 2,087
7Licking County, OH82618.9$2.4M+3.8%#133 of 2,087
8Fairfield County, OH80569.3$2.3M+6.5%#158 of 2,087
9Knox County, OH76177.2$2.7M+1.9%#211 of 2,087
10Clermont County, OH76758.8$2.4M+3.9%#216 of 2,087
78Mahoning County, OH3214915.2$1.2M−1.4%#1,643 of 2,087

Other business types in Mahoning County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Mahoning County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 149 clothing and shoe stores in Mahoning County. 71 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 18.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 157 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Mahoning County, OH spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $172.5M a year, or $1,759 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 149 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 98,065 households in Mahoning County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Mahoning County has 15.2 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.2M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Mahoning County would have about 136, against 149 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,290 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 18.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Mahoning County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Mahoning County at 224,706 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 98,065 households. Median household income in Mahoning County is $56,942, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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. Mahoning County scores 32 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,643 of 2,087 scored counties.

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