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Clothing and shoe stores in Muskingum County, OH
How Muskingum 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,045 of 2,087 scored counties
#58 of 81 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 40
- 21 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $60.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,773 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 87,014
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 40 clothing and shoe stores in Muskingum County. Chain locations make up 53% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 11.6 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
At $1,773 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Muskingum County spend about $60.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 20% 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 18 businesses with payroll in Muskingum County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 1,909 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 44 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $8,000 has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Muskingum County.
Population estimates show Muskingum County grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Muskingum County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #1,045 of 2,087 scored counties and #58 of 81 scored counties in Ohio.
How Muskingum 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.
| Measure | Muskingum County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 12.9 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,909 | 1,677 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.4% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,773 | $1,954 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $60,780 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 260
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 44Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4021 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $8,000
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Muskingum 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 Muskingum County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 87,014+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 34,357
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 665 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 130
- Median household income
- $60,780+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,210
- Median home value
- $182,200
- Jobs located here
- 34,629
- Daytime population
- 84,765Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Muskingum County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 96 | 11 | 4.5 | $5.3M | +16.5% | #2 of 2,087 |
| 2Warren County, OH | 85 | 77 | 8.4 | $2.9M | +5.7% | #77 of 2,087 |
| 3Pickaway County, OH | 85 | 17 | 7.8 | $2.5M | +7.4% | #79 of 2,087 |
| 4Madison County, OH | 84 | 8 | 5.1 | $4.1M | +7.1% | #83 of 2,087 |
| 5Lorain County, OH | 83 | 80 | 6.3 | $3.2M | +3.1% | #107 of 2,087 |
| 6Medina County, OH | 82 | 44 | 6.0 | $3.7M | +1.3% | #122 of 2,087 |
| 7Licking County, OH | 82 | 61 | 8.9 | $2.4M | +3.8% | #133 of 2,087 |
| 8Fairfield County, OH | 80 | 56 | 9.3 | $2.3M | +6.5% | #158 of 2,087 |
| 9Knox County, OH | 76 | 17 | 7.2 | $2.7M | +1.9% | #211 of 2,087 |
| 10Clermont County, OH | 76 | 75 | 8.8 | $2.4M | +3.9% | #216 of 2,087 |
| 58Muskingum County, OH | 50 | 40 | 11.6 | $1.5M | +0.7% | #1,045 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Muskingum 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 laundry49
- Clothing and shoe stores50
- Laundromats22
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Muskingum County, OH?
Muskingum County has 40 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 21 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 44 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Muskingum County, OH spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $60.9M a year, or $1,773 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 34,357 households in Muskingum County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Muskingum County, OH compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Muskingum County has 11.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.5M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Muskingum County would have about 48, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,909 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is Muskingum County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Muskingum County at 87,014 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,357 households. The median household income in Muskingum County is $60,780 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. Muskingum County scores 50 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #1,045 of 2,087 scored counties.
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