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Clothing and shoe stores in the Vernon, TX area

How the Vernon, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 11 out of 100: Low

Ranked #532 of 536 scored small-town markets
#41 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas

Listings
11
4 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,581 a household
Spending per listing
$687K
46% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.0
42% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,481
−2.8% 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

For clothing and shoe stores, the Vernon area has a Groundwork market score of 11 (low): #532 of 536 scored small-town markets and #41 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Households in the Vernon area spend about $7.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,581 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $687K of household spending for each store on map listings, 46% 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 Vernon area has 11 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That is 23.0 per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores in the Vernon area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Vernon area declined 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Vernon 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 Vernon, TX area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureVernon areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.017.616.2
Spending per listing$687K$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,2331,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.6%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,581$1,983$2,055
Median household income$54,102$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score1146

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
114 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Vernon 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 Vernon area

Population, 2025 estimate
12,481−2.8% since 2020
Households
4,778
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
971 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$54,102+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,486
Median home value
$89,400
Jobs located here
5,461
Daytime population
11,849Residents 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 Vernon 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
41Vernon, TX111123.0$687K−2.8%#532 of 536

Other business types in the Vernon 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 Vernon, TX area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 clothing and shoe stores in the Vernon area. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in the Vernon area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $7.6M a year, or $1,581 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $687K 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 4,778 households in the Vernon area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Vernon area has 23.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $687K, 46% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Vernon area would have about 6, against 11 on map listings.

How fast is the Vernon, TX area growing?

Population estimates put the Vernon area at 12,481 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,778 households. Median household income in the Vernon area is $54,102, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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 Vernon area scores 11 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #532 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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