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Clothing and shoe stores in Pickaway County, OH

How Pickaway 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 85 out of 100: High

Ranked #79 of 2,087 scored counties
#3 of 81 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
17
5 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$42.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,944 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
97% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.8
52% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
62,978
+7.4% 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, Pickaway County has a Groundwork market score of 85 (high): #79 of 2,087 scored counties and #3 of 81 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing and shoe stores.

At $1,944 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Pickaway County spend about $42.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 97% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Pickaway County has 17 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That is 7.8 per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Pickaway County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 5,475 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Population estimates show Pickaway County grew 7.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Pickaway 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 Pickaway County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasurePickaway CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.812.916.2
Spending per listing$2.5M$1.5M$1.3M
Households per official establishment5,4751,6771,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.4%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,944$1,954$2,055
Median household income$74,040$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score8561

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 4
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$336K
One-person businesses, 2023
40Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
175 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The 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 Pickaway 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 Pickaway County

Population, 2025 estimate
62,978+7.4% since 2020
Households
21,899
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
501 sq. mi.
People per square mile
120
Median household income
$74,040+16.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,673
Median home value
$256,800
Jobs located here
14,709
Daytime population
45,284Residents 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 Pickaway 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

Other business types in Pickaway County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 clothing and shoe stores in Pickaway County. 5 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts also show 40 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $42.6M a year, or $1,944 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 21,899 households in Pickaway County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pickaway County has 7.8 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.5M, 97% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Pickaway County would have about 34, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,475 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Pickaway County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Pickaway County at 62,978 people in 2025, up 7.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,899 households. Median household income in Pickaway County is $74,040, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.4%, 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. Pickaway County scores 85 for clothing and shoe stores (high), #79 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 Pickaway County

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