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Clothing and shoe stores in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #272 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
278
117 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
115
−23.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$304.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,804 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.5
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
451,191
+1.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 278 clothing and shoe stores in the Corpus Christi metro area. 117 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That is 16.5 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

At $1,804 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Corpus Christi metro area spend about $304.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 14% 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 115 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Corpus Christi metro area in 2023, down 23.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,469 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 277 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $80K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Corpus Christi metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Corpus Christi metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, the Corpus Christi metro area has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #272 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.

How the Corpus Christi metro area 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 Corpus Christi, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureCorpus Christi metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.517.616.2
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,4691,2331,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−23.3%−10.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,804$1,983$2,055
Median household income$67,453$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3946

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
115−23.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,669
Annual payroll, 2023
$31.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
277Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
278117 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
240The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$80K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Corpus Christi metro 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 Corpus Christi metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
451,191+1.1% since 2020
Households
168,972
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,785 sq. mi.
People per square mile
251
Median household income
$67,453
Average household income
$90,916
Median home value
$210,400
Jobs located here
180,865
Daytime population
440,499Residents 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 metro areas in Texas for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Corpus Christi metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX711,56215.8$1.4M+14.0%#58 of 387
2San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX601,45915.1$1.3M+9.5%#135 of 387
3Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX594,55817.1$1.2M+10.3%#143 of 387
4Killeen-Temple, TX5823213.1$1.4M+7.2%#152 of 387
5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX585,08917.6$1.2M+10.6%#154 of 387
6Sherman-Denison, TX5610218.5$1M+12.8%#170 of 387
7Midland, TX4515422.1$979K+9.8%#235 of 387
8Odessa, TX4211918.4$1M+5.0%#256 of 387
9College Station-Bryan, TX4116415.5$1.1M+6.9%#263 of 387
10Corpus Christi, TX3927816.5$1.1M+1.1%#272 of 387

Other business types in the Corpus Christi metro 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 Corpus Christi, TX metro area?

There are 278 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Corpus Christi metro area as of September 2026. 117 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 115 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 23.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 277 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $304.9M a year, or $1,804 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 278 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 168,972 households in the Corpus Christi metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Corpus Christi, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Corpus Christi metro area has 16.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.1M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Corpus Christi metro area would have about 240, against 278 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,469 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 23.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Corpus Christi, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Corpus Christi metro area at 451,191 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 168,972 households. The median household income in the Corpus Christi metro area is $67,453 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Corpus Christi metro area scores 39 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #272 of 387 scored metro areas.

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