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Clothing and shoe stores in Aransas County, TX

How Aransas County, TX 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #804 of 2,087 scored counties
#49 of 148 scored counties in Texas

Listings
18
2 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$22.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,833 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.4
11% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,146
+9.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 clothing and shoe stores in Aransas County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 11%, against 44% across the U.S. That is 14.4 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Households in Aransas County spend about $22.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,833 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per store, in line with 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 Aransas County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,783 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Aransas County grew 9.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Aransas County is 57 (upper middle), #804 of 2,087 scored counties and #49 of 148 scored counties in Texas.

How Aransas County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Aransas County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureAransas CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.417.616.2
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,7831,2331,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,833$1,983$2,055
Median household income$69,466$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5746

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 7
Employees, 2023
27
Annual payroll, 2023
$674K
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
182 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 Aransas 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 Aransas County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,146+9.3% since 2020
Households
12,478
Median age
47.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
252 sq. mi.
People per square mile
99
Median household income
$69,466+53.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,246
Median home value
$265,400
Jobs located here
5,584
Daytime population
21,119Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Texas

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Guadalupe County, TX93406.1$3.4M+15.8%#13 of 2,087
2Waller County, TX92126.5$3.1M+21.9%#15 of 2,087
3Medina County, TX84147.9$2.4M+11.4%#96 of 2,087
4Denton County, TX843589.9$2.4M+16.9%#97 of 2,087
5Wise County, TX843011.9$1.7M+21.5%#99 of 2,087
6Bastrop County, TX81359.5$2.1M+21.3%#145 of 2,087
7Ellis County, TX808011.1$1.9M+24.0%#163 of 2,087
8Caldwell County, TX79137.8$2.3M+20.0%#173 of 2,087
9Chambers County, TX791911.0$2M+22.6%#176 of 2,087
10Wilson County, TX792413.2$1.6M+12.2%#178 of 2,087
49Aransas County, TX571814.4$1.3M+9.3%#804 of 2,087

Other business types in Aransas County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Aransas County, TX?

Aransas County has 18 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) 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 also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Aransas County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $22.9M a year, or $1,833 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 12,478 households in Aransas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Aransas County has 14.4 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.3M, in line with the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,783 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Aransas County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Aransas County at 26,146 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,478 households. The median household income in Aransas County is $69,466 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 53.9% 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. Aransas County scores 57 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #804 of 2,087 scored counties.

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