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Clothing and shoe stores in El Paso County, TX
How El Paso 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 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,861 of 2,087 scored counties
#129 of 148 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 572
- 293 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 332
- −16.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $506.2M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,689 a household
- Spending per listing
- $885K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.1
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 877,858
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in El Paso County is 24 (low), #1,861 of 2,087 scored counties and #129 of 148 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in El Paso County comes to about $506.2M a year: $1,689 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 572 clothing and shoe stores, that is $885K per store, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
There are 572 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in El Paso County as of September 2026. 293 of them (51%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 19.1 for every 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in El Paso County was 332 in 2023, down 16.2% from 2019. That is one for every 903 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $140K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in El Paso County. Population estimates show El Paso County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How El Paso 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.
| Measure | El Paso County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.1 | 17.6 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $885K | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 903 | 1,233 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −16.2% | −10.6% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,689 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $59,806 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 396 → 332−16.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,519
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $106M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 537Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 572293 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 398The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $140K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in El Paso 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 El Paso County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 877,858+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 299,637
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,014 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 859
- Median household income
- $59,806+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,845
- Median home value
- $180,400
- Jobs located here
- 347,266
- Daytime population
- 864,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with El Paso County marked.
Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Guadalupe County, TX | 93 | 40 | 6.1 | $3.4M | +15.8% | #13 of 2,087 |
| 2Waller County, TX | 92 | 12 | 6.5 | $3.1M | +21.9% | #15 of 2,087 |
| 3Medina County, TX | 84 | 14 | 7.9 | $2.4M | +11.4% | #96 of 2,087 |
| 4Denton County, TX | 84 | 358 | 9.9 | $2.4M | +16.9% | #97 of 2,087 |
| 5Wise County, TX | 84 | 30 | 11.9 | $1.7M | +21.5% | #99 of 2,087 |
| 6Bastrop County, TX | 81 | 35 | 9.5 | $2.1M | +21.3% | #145 of 2,087 |
| 7Ellis County, TX | 80 | 80 | 11.1 | $1.9M | +24.0% | #163 of 2,087 |
| 8Caldwell County, TX | 79 | 13 | 7.8 | $2.3M | +20.0% | #173 of 2,087 |
| 9Chambers County, TX | 79 | 19 | 11.0 | $2M | +22.6% | #176 of 2,087 |
| 10Wilson County, TX | 79 | 24 | 13.2 | $1.6M | +12.2% | #178 of 2,087 |
| 129El Paso County, TX | 24 | 572 | 19.1 | $885K | +1.3% | #1,861 of 2,087 |
Other business types in El Paso County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
- Clothing, shoes and laundry23
- Clothing and shoe stores24
- Laundromats32
- Dry cleaners39
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in El Paso County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 572 clothing and shoe stores in El Paso County. 293 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 332 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023, down 16.2% from 2019. Another 537 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in El Paso County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $506.2M a year, or $1,689 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 572 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $885K 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 299,637 households in El Paso County and national spending patterns by income.
How does El Paso County, TX compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
El Paso County has 19.1 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $885K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, El Paso County would have about 398, against 572 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 903 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. The official count fell 16.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −12.2% for the U.S.
How fast is El Paso County, TX growing?
Population estimates put El Paso County at 877,858 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 299,637 households. Median household income in El Paso County is $59,806, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.6%, 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. El Paso County scores 24 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #1,861 of 2,087 scored counties.
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