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Clothing and shoe stores in Wasco County, OR

How Wasco 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,590 of 2,087 scored counties
#21 of 27 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
15
5 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,607 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.2
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,310
−1.1% 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, Wasco County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,590 of 2,087 scored counties and #21 of 27 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Wasco County comes to about $17M a year: $1,607 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per store, 11% below 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 15 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Wasco County as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 33%, against 44% across the U.S. That is 14.2 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Wasco County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,113 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Wasco County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Wasco 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.

Clothing and shoe stores in Wasco County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureWasco CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.213.016.2
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.4M$1.3M
Households per official establishment2,1131,6001,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.1%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,607$1,858$2,055
Median household income$64,175$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score3453

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$267K
One-person businesses, 2023
9Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
155 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Wasco 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 Wasco County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,310−1.1% since 2020
Households
10,563
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,381 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$64,175+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,059
Median home value
$367,400
Jobs located here
10,091
Daytime population
24,380Residents 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 counties in Oregon for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Wasco County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Polk County, OR81164.9$3.8M+2.3%#139 of 2,087
2Yamhill County, OR76287.1$2.6M+2.2%#212 of 2,087
3Columbia County, OR70136.2$2.9M+2.6%#366 of 2,087
4Linn County, OR67367.1$2.3M+3.0%#460 of 2,087
5Benton County, OR67328.3$2.2M+4.4%#462 of 2,087
6Clackamas County, OR6416910.3$2M+0.9%#545 of 2,087
7Washington County, OR6425911.0$1.9M+1.8%#546 of 2,087
8Douglas County, OR61326.7$2.3M+0.6%#631 of 2,087
9Crook County, OR571513.9$1.3M+10.6%#802 of 2,087
10Coos County, OR55196.6$2.4M−1.5%#843 of 2,087
21Wasco County, OR341514.2$1.1M−1.1%#1,590 of 2,087

Other business types in Wasco County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Wasco County, OR?

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 clothing and shoe stores in Wasco County. 5 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Wasco County, OR spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $17M a year, or $1,607 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 10,563 households in Wasco County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wasco County has 14.2 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.1M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Wasco County would have about 13, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,113 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Wasco County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Wasco County at 26,310 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,563 households. Median household income in Wasco County is $64,175, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. Wasco County scores 34 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,590 of 2,087 scored counties.

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