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Clothing and shoe stores in the Yankton, SD area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Yankton, SD area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #289 of 536 scored small-town markets
#4 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota

Listings
21
8 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$18.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,884 a household
Spending per listing
$870K
32% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.7
34% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,635
+1.5% 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 Yankton area comes to about $18.3M a year: $1,884 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $870K per store, 32% 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 21 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Yankton area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.7, 34% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Yankton area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 1,939 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show the Yankton area grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the Yankton area is 49 (lower middle), #289 of 536 scored small-town markets and #4 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota.

How the Yankton area compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Yankton, SD area compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureYankton areaSouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.716.916.2
Spending per listing$870K$1.2M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,9391,1681,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.7%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,884$1,951$2,055
Median household income$72,821$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score4940

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
52
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
218 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Yankton 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 Yankton area

Population, 2025 estimate
23,635+1.5% since 2020
Households
9,695
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
521 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$72,821+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,237
Median home value
$225,900
Jobs located here
12,467
Daytime population
24,093Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across South Dakota

Every South Dakota market ranked →

The highest-scoring small-town markets in South Dakota for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with the Yankton area marked.

Top small-town markets in South Dakota

Small-town markets in South Dakota ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Brookings, SD592820.3$936K+9.6%#195 of 536
2Huron, SD561215.9$1.1M+2.4%#224 of 536
3Vermillion, SD55712.6$1.4M+0.2%#228 of 536
4Yankton, SD492121.7$870K+1.5%#289 of 536
5Pierre, SD492124.6$811K−0.5%#290 of 536
6Spearfish, SD452621.6$875K+14.0%#318 of 536
7Mitchell, SD392220.0$922K+0.6%#372 of 536
8Watertown, SD393124.7$742K+4.3%#374 of 536
9Aberdeen, SD343821.2$905K−1.5%#412 of 536

Other business types in the Yankton area

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Yankton, SD area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 21 clothing and shoe stores in the Yankton area. 8 of them (38%) 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. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Yankton, SD area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $18.3M a year, or $1,884 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $870K 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 9,695 households in the Yankton area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Yankton, SD area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Yankton area has 21.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $870K, 32% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Yankton area would have about 14, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,939 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is the Yankton, SD area growing?

Population estimates put the Yankton area at 23,635 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,695 households. Median household income in the Yankton area is $72,821, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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 Yankton area scores 49 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #289 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing and shoe stores · All 56 business types in the Yankton area

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