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Clothing and shoe stores in the Baker City, OR area

How the Baker City, OR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #298 of 536 scored small-town markets
#6 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,525 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
47% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.2
49% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,658
−0.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 clothing and shoe stores in the Baker City area. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 44% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Households in the Baker City area spend about $11.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,525 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 47% 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Baker City area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in the Baker City area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For clothing and shoe stores, the Baker City area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #298 of 536 scored small-town markets and #6 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon.

How the Baker City area compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Baker City, OR area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureBaker City areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.213.016.2
Spending per listing$1.9M$1.4M$1.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,6001,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.1%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,525$1,858$2,055
Median household income$60,936$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score4753

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
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Baker 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 Baker City area

Population, 2025 estimate
16,658−0.4% since 2020
Households
7,355
Median age
46.4
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
3,068 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$60,936
Average household income
$76,443
Median home value
$285,600
Jobs located here
5,330
Daytime population
16,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Oregon

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

Top small-town markets in Oregon

Small-town markets in Oregon ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Roseburg, OR65326.7$2.3M+0.6%#135 of 536
2Coos Bay-North Bend, OR58196.6$2.4M−1.5%#197 of 536
3Klamath Falls, OR583211.0$1.4M+0.9%#201 of 536
4Ontario, OR-ID582412.0$1.3M+5.0%#202 of 536
5Hermiston-Pendleton, OR563711.2$1.5M+1.8%#220 of 536
6Baker City, OR4768.2$1.9M−0.4%#298 of 536
7Brookings, OR43109.0$1.8M−3.8%#327 of 536
8The Dalles, OR391514.2$1.1M−1.1%#365 of 536
9La Grande, OR361513.8$1.2M−1.0%#390 of 536
10Hood River, OR362022.4$893K−0.7%#395 of 536

Other business types in the Baker 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 Baker City, OR area?

There are 6 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Baker City area as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in the Baker City area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $11.2M a year, or $1,525 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 7,355 households in the Baker City area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Baker City area has 8.2 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.9M, 47% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Baker City area would have about 9, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is the Baker City, OR area growing?

Population estimates put the Baker City area at 16,658 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,355 households. The median household income in the Baker City area is $60,936 a year, 25% 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. 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 Baker City area scores 47 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #298 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing and shoe stores · All 56 business types in the Baker City area

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