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Clothing and shoe stores in the Ponca City, OK area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Ponca City, OK area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #435 of 536 scored small-town markets
#12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
30
14 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,660 a household
Spending per listing
$928K
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.9
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,490
−0.3% 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

The Ponca City area scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #435 of 536 scored small-town markets and #12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Ponca City area comes to about $27.9M a year: $1,660 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 30 clothing and shoe stores, that is $928K per store, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

The Ponca City area has 30 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 47%, against 44% across the U.S. That is 17.9 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in the Ponca City area classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 1,290 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Ponca City area declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Ponca City area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Ponca City, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasurePonca City areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.915.816.2
Spending per listing$928K$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,2901,4471,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−13.9%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,660$1,773$2,055
Median household income$58,423$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score3141

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13
Employees, 2023
69
Annual payroll, 2023
$996K
One-person businesses, 2023
19Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3014 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 the Ponca City area, 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 the Ponca City area

Population, 2025 estimate
43,490−0.3% since 2020
Households
16,776
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
920 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$58,423+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,308
Median home value
$124,700
Jobs located here
15,500
Daytime population
42,294Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Ponca City area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oklahoma

Small-town markets in Oklahoma ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bartlesville, OK583014.3$1.2M+2.7%#203 of 536
2Tahlequah, OK572312.3$1.3M+4.5%#215 of 536
3Miami, OK5586.7$2.3M+0.7%#225 of 536
4Durant, OK542815.2$1.1M+10.9%#242 of 536
5Shawnee, OK444014.9$1.1M+3.5%#321 of 536
6Ada, OK392516.5$1M+1.2%#368 of 536
7Muskogee, OK364115.9$987K+0.7%#394 of 536
8Duncan, OK343922.2$768K+3.4%#413 of 536
9Guymon, OK331116.1$1M−4.5%#417 of 536
10McAlester, OK322815.7$1M−1.1%#421 of 536
12Ponca City, OK313017.9$928K−0.3%#435 of 536

Other business types in the Ponca City area

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Ponca City, OK area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 clothing and shoe stores in the Ponca City area. 14 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Ponca City, OK area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $27.9M a year, or $1,660 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $928K 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 16,776 households in the Ponca City area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Ponca City, OK area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Ponca City area has 17.9 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $928K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Ponca City area would have about 22, against 30 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.

How fast is the Ponca City, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Ponca City area at 43,490 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,776 households. Median household income in the Ponca City area is $58,423, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Ponca City area scores 31 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #435 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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