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Clothing and shoe stores in Brown County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Brown County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,595 of 2,087 scored counties
#104 of 148 scored counties in Texas

Listings
24
10 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$24.5M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,635 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.0
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,711
+1.7% 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

Brown County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #1,595 of 2,087 scored counties and #104 of 148 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 clothing and shoe stores in Brown County. 10 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That is 16.0 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Brown County comes to about $24.5M a year: $1,635 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 20% below 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.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Brown County in 2023. That is one for every 1,497 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Brown County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Brown 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 Brown County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBrown CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.017.616.2
Spending per listing$1M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,4971,2331,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,635$1,983$2,055
Median household income$57,470$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3446

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 10
Employees, 2023
113
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
27Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2410 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Brown 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 Brown County

Population, 2025 estimate
38,711+1.7% since 2020
Households
14,972
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
945 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$57,470+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,477
Median home value
$158,900
Jobs located here
14,839
Daytime population
36,518Residents 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 Brown 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
104Brown County, TX342416.0$1M+1.7%#1,595 of 2,087

Other business types in Brown County

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

Questions

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

There are 24 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. 10 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $24.5M a year, or $1,635 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 14,972 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Brown County has 16.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Brown County would have about 19, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,497 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Brown County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Brown County at 38,711 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,972 households. The median household income in Brown County is $57,470 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.8% 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. Brown County scores 34 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,595 of 2,087 scored counties.

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

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