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Clothing and shoe stores in Hockley County, TX

How Hockley 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #957 of 2,087 scored counties
#60 of 148 scored counties in Texas

Listings
6
2 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,773 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
84% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.6
53% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,600
+0.5% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Hockley County comes to about $14M a year: $1,773 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 84% above 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 6 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Hockley County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 7.6 per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Hockley County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 1,131 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hockley County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, Hockley County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #957 of 2,087 scored counties and #60 of 148 scored counties in Texas.

How Hockley 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 Hockley County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHockley CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.617.616.2
Spending per listing$2.3M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,1311,2331,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,773$1,983$2,055
Median household income$63,140$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5246

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 7
Employees, 2023
18
Annual payroll, 2023
$496K
One-person businesses, 2023
17Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
62 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Hockley 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 Hockley County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,600+0.5% since 2020
Households
7,915
Median age
35.1
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
908 sq. mi.
People per square mile
24
Median household income
$63,140+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,577
Median home value
$127,000
Jobs located here
8,801
Daytime population
19,779Residents 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 Hockley 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
60Hockley County, TX5267.6$2.3M+0.5%#957 of 2,087

Other business types in Hockley County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 clothing and shoe stores in Hockley County. 2 of them (33%) 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 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $14M a year, or $1,773 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 7,915 households in Hockley County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Hockley County has 7.6 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.3M, 84% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Hockley County would have about 11, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,131 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Hockley County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Hockley County at 21,600 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,915 households. Median household income in Hockley County is $63,140, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Hockley County scores 52 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #957 of 2,087 scored counties.

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