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Clothing and shoe stores in Dillon County, SC
How Dillon County, SC 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,323 of 2,087 scored counties
#23 of 40 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 11
- 6 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,510 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.2
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,458
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 clothing and shoe stores in Dillon County. Chain locations make up 55% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 10.2 per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Households in Dillon County spend about $16.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,510 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.5M per store, 17% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Dillon County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,610 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Dillon County declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Dillon County scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #1,323 of 2,087 scored counties and #23 of 40 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Dillon County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Dillon County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.2 | 17.3 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,610 | 1,093 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.5% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,510 | $1,838 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $46,605 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $198K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 116 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 Dillon 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 Dillon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,458−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 10,829
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 405 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 69
- Median household income
- $46,605+51.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,876
- Median home value
- $85,400
- Jobs located here
- 9,462
- Daytime population
- 25,715Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dorchester County, SC | 88 | 42 | 6.6 | $2.9M | +10.1% | #43 of 2,087 |
| 2Berkeley County, SC | 84 | 70 | 7.5 | $2.6M | +18.7% | #93 of 2,087 |
| 3Jasper County, SC | 83 | 7 | 5.3 | $3.3M | +32.2% | #106 of 2,087 |
| 4Lancaster County, SC | 83 | 27 | 6.7 | $2.9M | +18.3% | #111 of 2,087 |
| 5York County, SC | 80 | 116 | 10.2 | $2M | +8.1% | #162 of 2,087 |
| 6Kershaw County, SC | 74 | 27 | 10.0 | $1.8M | +11.6% | #270 of 2,087 |
| 7Laurens County, SC | 70 | 20 | 7.4 | $2.2M | +6.2% | #379 of 2,087 |
| 8Oconee County, SC | 69 | 31 | 9.0 | $2M | +6.3% | #408 of 2,087 |
| 9Edgefield County, SC | 65 | 11 | 11.3 | $1.6M | +16.1% | #535 of 2,087 |
| 10Pickens County, SC | 61 | 58 | 11.1 | $1.6M | +5.7% | #655 of 2,087 |
| 23Dillon County, SC | 42 | 11 | 10.2 | $1.5M | −2.9% | #1,323 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Dillon 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 laundry41
- Clothing and shoe stores42
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Dillon County, SC?
There are 11 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Dillon County as of September 2026. 6 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dillon County, SC spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $16.4M a year, or $1,510 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 10,829 households in Dillon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dillon County, SC compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Dillon County has 10.2 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.5M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Dillon County would have about 13, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,610 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is Dillon County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Dillon County at 27,458 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,829 households. The median household income in Dillon County is $46,605 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 51.3% 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. Dillon County scores 42 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,323 of 2,087 scored counties.
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