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Clothing and shoe stores in Macon County, TN

The clothing and shoe stores in Macon County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,090 of 2,087 scored counties
#43 of 72 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
11
3 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,647 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
11% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.7
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,663
+9.5% 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 Macon County comes to about $15.5M a year: $1,647 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.4M per store, 11% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Macon County has 11 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.7, 28% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Macon County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,346 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Macon County grew 9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Macon County is 49 (lower middle), #1,090 of 2,087 scored counties and #43 of 72 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Macon County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Macon County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureMacon CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.717.016.2
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,3461,2411,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.5%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,647$1,842$2,055
Median household income$59,177$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4938

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 7
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$354K
One-person businesses, 2023
26Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
113 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Macon 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 Macon County

Population, 2025 estimate
27,663+9.5% since 2020
Households
9,421
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
307 sq. mi.
People per square mile
85
Median household income
$59,177+58.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,361
Median home value
$225,700
Jobs located here
5,612
Daytime population
20,092Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Tennessee

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

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Loudon County, TN88177.1$2.8M+15.6%#45 of 2,087
2Fayette County, TN84116.4$3.1M+7.7%#86 of 2,087
3Robertson County, TN81269.2$2.1M+9.9%#147 of 2,087
4Cheatham County, TN77138.0$2.4M+4.1%#198 of 2,087
5Anderson County, TN76237.0$2.6M+6.1%#213 of 2,087
6Roane County, TN76187.9$2.3M+7.0%#219 of 2,087
7Jefferson County, TN75146.4$2.7M+9.3%#235 of 2,087
8Blount County, TN75488.6$2.2M+6.0%#240 of 2,087
9Sumner County, TN748410.7$1.9M+9.2%#269 of 2,087
10Marion County, TN7365.1$3.3M+3.2%#275 of 2,087
43Macon County, TN491111.7$1.4M+9.5%#1,090 of 2,087

Other business types in Macon County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Macon County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 clothing and shoe stores in Macon County. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 26 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Macon County, TN spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $15.5M a year, or $1,647 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 9,421 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Macon County has 11.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.4M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Macon County would have about 12, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,346 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Macon County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Macon County at 27,663 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,421 households. Median household income in Macon County is $59,177, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 58.1%, 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. Macon County scores 49 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,090 of 2,087 scored counties.

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