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Clothing and shoe stores in Klamath County, OR
How Klamath County, OR 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,020 of 2,087 scored counties
#13 of 27 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 32
- 12 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $44.6M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,539 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,274
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 clothing and shoe stores in Klamath County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.0, 32% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Klamath County comes to about $44.6M a year: $1,539 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per store, 10% 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 4 businesses with payroll in Klamath County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 7,250 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 22 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Klamath County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, Klamath County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #1,020 of 2,087 scored counties and #13 of 27 scored counties in Oregon.
How Klamath County 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.
| Measure | Klamath County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 13.0 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,250 | 1,600 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −15.1% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,539 | $1,858 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $58,830 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 60
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3212 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Klamath 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 Klamath County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,274+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 28,999
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 5,950 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $58,830+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,046
- Median home value
- $280,400
- Jobs located here
- 22,844
- Daytime population
- 67,284Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Klamath County marked.
Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Polk County, OR | 81 | 16 | 4.9 | $3.8M | +2.3% | #139 of 2,087 |
| 2Yamhill County, OR | 76 | 28 | 7.1 | $2.6M | +2.2% | #212 of 2,087 |
| 3Columbia County, OR | 70 | 13 | 6.2 | $2.9M | +2.6% | #366 of 2,087 |
| 4Linn County, OR | 67 | 36 | 7.1 | $2.3M | +3.0% | #460 of 2,087 |
| 5Benton County, OR | 67 | 32 | 8.3 | $2.2M | +4.4% | #462 of 2,087 |
| 6Clackamas County, OR | 64 | 169 | 10.3 | $2M | +0.9% | #545 of 2,087 |
| 7Washington County, OR | 64 | 259 | 11.0 | $1.9M | +1.8% | #546 of 2,087 |
| 8Douglas County, OR | 61 | 32 | 6.7 | $2.3M | +0.6% | #631 of 2,087 |
| 9Crook County, OR | 57 | 15 | 13.9 | $1.3M | +10.6% | #802 of 2,087 |
| 10Coos County, OR | 55 | 19 | 6.6 | $2.4M | −1.5% | #843 of 2,087 |
| 13Klamath County, OR | 51 | 32 | 11.0 | $1.4M | +0.9% | #1,020 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Klamath 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 laundry48
- Clothing and shoe stores51
- Laundromats21
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Klamath County, OR?
Klamath County has 32 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (38%) 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 list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Klamath County, OR spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $44.6M a year, or $1,539 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 28,999 households in Klamath County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Klamath County, OR compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Klamath County has 11.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.4M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Klamath County would have about 35, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,250 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is Klamath County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Klamath County at 70,274 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,999 households. The median household income in Klamath County is $58,830 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Klamath County scores 51 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #1,020 of 2,087 scored counties.
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