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Clothing and shoe stores in Crawford County, PA

How Crawford County, PA 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #455 of 2,087 scored counties
#30 of 61 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
25
6 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$64.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,900 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
Twice the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.4
54% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
81,792
−2.4% 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

Households in Crawford County spend about $64.3M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,900 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 25 clothing and shoe stores, that is $2.6M per store, twice the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Crawford County has 25 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 24%, against 44% across the U.S. That is 7.4 per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Crawford County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 3,760 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 33 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Crawford County declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Crawford County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #455 of 2,087 scored counties and #30 of 61 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Crawford County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Crawford County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.413.716.2
Spending per listing$2.6M$1.7M$1.3M
Households per official establishment3,7601,5661,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−18.3%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,900$2,270$2,055
Median household income$60,476$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score6772

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 9
Employees, 2023
53
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
33Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
256 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
51The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County

Population, 2025 estimate
81,792−2.4% since 2020
Households
33,838
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,012 sq. mi.
People per square mile
82
Median household income
$60,476+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,870
Median home value
$153,200
Jobs located here
28,045
Daytime population
77,378Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Crawford County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pike County, PA94114.5$5M+7.2%#5 of 2,087
2Lebanon County, PA88254.4$5M+2.2%#37 of 2,087
3Perry County, PA8563.3$6.6M+2.1%#68 of 2,087
4Carbon County, PA85124.4$4.6M+1.7%#69 of 2,087
5Schuylkill County, PA83325.5$3.7M+1.5%#103 of 2,087
6Wayne County, PA82104.8$4.2M+1.1%#119 of 2,087
7Northampton County, PA821149.3$2.6M+3.7%#130 of 2,087
8Franklin County, PA81528.2$2.6M+3.0%#142 of 2,087
9Susquehanna County, PA8085.2$4.1M−0.3%#150 of 2,087
10Chester County, PA8024411.9$2.5M+4.2%#157 of 2,087
30Crawford County, PA67257.4$2.6M−2.4%#455 of 2,087

Other business types in Crawford County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Crawford County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 clothing and shoe stores in Crawford County. 6 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts also show 33 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Crawford County, PA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $64.3M a year, or $1,900 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 33,838 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Crawford County has 7.4 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.6M, twice the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Crawford County would have about 51, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,760 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Crawford County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 81,792 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,838 households. Median household income in Crawford County is $60,476, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.2%, 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. Crawford County scores 67 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #455 of 2,087 scored counties.

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