Clothing and laundry · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Clothing and shoe stores in the Pottsville, PA area
How the Pottsville, PA 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 89 out of 100: High
Ranked #7 of 536 scored small-town markets
#2 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 32
- 5 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $116.9M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,015 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 66% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,085
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Pottsville area is 89 (high), #7 of 536 scored small-town markets and #2 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for clothing and shoe stores.
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 clothing and shoe stores in the Pottsville area. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Households in the Pottsville area spend about $116.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $2,015 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.7M per store, 2.9 times 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 9 businesses with payroll in the Pottsville area classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 6,443 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Pottsville area grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Pottsville area 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.
| Measure | Pottsville area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 13.7 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $1.7M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,443 | 1,566 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −18.3% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,015 | $2,270 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $68,313 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 89 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $475K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 63Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 325 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 92The 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 Pottsville 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 Pottsville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,085+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 57,988
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 779 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 184
- Median household income
- $68,313+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,756
- Median home value
- $153,000
- Jobs located here
- 51,690
- Daytime population
- 129,785Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Pennsylvania for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Pottsville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hemlock Farms, PA | 97 | 11 | 4.5 | $5M | +7.2% | #2 of 536 |
| 2Pottsville, PA | 89 | 32 | 5.5 | $3.7M | +1.5% | #7 of 536 |
| 3Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 84 | 18 | 6.8 | $2.9M | +2.3% | #14 of 536 |
| 4Sunbury, PA | 81 | 25 | 5.5 | $3.7M | −1.7% | #23 of 536 |
| 5Huntingdon, PA | 79 | 7 | 4.3 | $4.7M | −2.4% | #30 of 536 |
| 6Lewistown, PA | 79 | 13 | 7.0 | $2.7M | 0.0% | #32 of 536 |
| 7Somerset, PA | 78 | 14 | 4.8 | $4M | −2.7% | #36 of 536 |
| 8Sayre, PA | 78 | 16 | 6.5 | $3.1M | −0.6% | #37 of 536 |
| 9Lewisburg, PA | 77 | 15 | 10.3 | $2.1M | −0.8% | #43 of 536 |
| 10Indiana, PA | 73 | 32 | 9.9 | $2M | −0.3% | #74 of 536 |
Other business types in the Pottsville area
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 laundry89
- Clothing and shoe stores89
- Laundromats79
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Pottsville, PA area?
The Pottsville area has 32 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (16%) 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 63 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Pottsville, PA area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $116.9M a year, or $2,015 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 57,988 households in the Pottsville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pottsville, PA area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
The Pottsville area has 5.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $3.7M, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Pottsville area would have about 92, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,443 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pottsville, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Pottsville area at 145,085 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,988 households. The median household income in the Pottsville area is $68,313 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% 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. 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 Pottsville area scores 89 for clothing and shoe stores (high), #7 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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