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Clothing and shoe stores in the Ontario, OR-ID area

The clothing and shoe stores in the Ontario, OR-ID area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #202 of 536 scored small-town markets
#4 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon

Listings
24
8 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$31.1M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,558 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.0
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
60,085
+5.0% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in the Ontario area comes to about $31.1M a year: $1,558 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per store, 2% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

There are 24 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Ontario area as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 33%, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.0, 26% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Ontario area in 2023. That is one for every 3,331 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 36 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ontario area grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, the Ontario area has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #202 of 536 scored small-town markets and #4 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon.

How the Ontario 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 Ontario, OR-ID area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureOntario areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.013.016.2
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.4M$1.3M
Households per official establishment3,3311,6001,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.1%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.0%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,558$1,858$2,055
Median household income$62,568$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score5853

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
39
Annual payroll, 2023
$504K
One-person businesses, 2023
36Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
248 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The 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 Ontario 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 Ontario area

Population, 2025 estimate
60,085+5.0% since 2020
Households
19,984
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
10,295 sq. mi.
People per square mile
6
Median household income
$62,568+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,468
Median home value
$308,900
Jobs located here
20,489
Daytime population
56,677Residents 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 Ontario 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 Ontario area

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

Clothing and laundry

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Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Ontario, OR-ID area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 24 clothing and shoe stores in the Ontario area. 8 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 36 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Ontario, OR-ID area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $31.1M a year, or $1,558 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 19,984 households in the Ontario area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Ontario, OR-ID area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Ontario area has 12.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.3M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Ontario area would have about 25, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,331 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is the Ontario, OR-ID area growing?

Population estimates put the Ontario area at 60,085 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,984 households. Median household income in the Ontario area is $62,568, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.3%, 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 Ontario area scores 58 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #202 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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