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Clothing and shoe stores in the El Campo, TX area

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #311 of 536 scored small-town markets
#15 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas

Listings
30
8 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$28.9M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,822 a household
Spending per listing
$965K
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.9
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,060
+1.2% 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

Households in the El Campo area spend about $28.9M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,822 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $965K of household spending for each store on map listings, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

The El Campo area has 30 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.9, 17% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the El Campo area classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 1,589 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 44 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the El Campo area grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in the El Campo area is 46 (lower middle), #311 of 536 scored small-town markets and #15 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas.

How the El Campo 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 El Campo, TX area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureEl Campo areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.917.616.2
Spending per listing$965K$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,5891,2331,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,822$1,983$2,055
Median household income$66,924$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4646

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
57
Annual payroll, 2023
$723K
One-person businesses, 2023
44Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
308 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 El Campo 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 El Campo area

Population, 2025 estimate
42,060+1.2% since 2020
Households
15,890
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,086 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$66,924+38.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,050
Median home value
$189,900
Jobs located here
15,145
Daytime population
34,718Residents 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 small-town markets in Texas for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with the El Campo area marked.

Top small-town markets in Texas

Small-town markets in Texas ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jacksonville, TX702212.1$1.4M+5.4%#101 of 536
2Granbury, TX704015.7$1.3M+13.6%#102 of 536
3Bonham, TX691914.9$1.3M+9.2%#108 of 536
4Athens, TX644312.8$1.4M+7.5%#151 of 536
5Gainesville, TX642615.7$1.2M+6.5%#152 of 536
6Corsicana, TX612513.1$1.3M+8.2%#175 of 536
7Mineral Wells, TX582219.6$888K+8.2%#208 of 536
8Bay City, TX561912.3$1.4M+0.5%#221 of 536
9Huntsville, TX563413.1$1.2M+9.5%#222 of 536
10Andrews, TX551217.5$1.1M+1.6%#232 of 536
15El Campo, TX463018.9$965K+1.2%#311 of 536

Other business types in the El Campo 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 El Campo, TX area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 clothing and shoe stores in the El Campo area. 8 of them (27%) 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 also show 44 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the El Campo, TX area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $28.9M a year, or $1,822 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $965K 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 15,890 households in the El Campo area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the El Campo, TX area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The El Campo area has 18.9 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $965K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the El Campo area would have about 23, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,589 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is the El Campo, TX area growing?

Population estimates put the El Campo area at 42,060 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,890 households. Median household income in the El Campo area is $66,924, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.5%, 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 El Campo area scores 46 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #311 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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