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Clothing and shoe stores in Waller County, TX
How Waller 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 92 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #15 of 2,087 scored counties
#2 of 148 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 12
- 3 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $37.8M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,059 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 69,858
- +21.9% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing and shoe stores, Waller County has a Groundwork market score of 92 (very high): #15 of 2,087 scored counties and #2 of 148 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing and shoe stores.
At $2,059 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Waller County spend about $37.8M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 12 clothing and shoe stores, that is $3.1M per store, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Waller County has 12 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That comes to 6.5 for every 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores in Waller County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $26K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Waller County. Population estimates show Waller County grew 21.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Waller 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 | Waller County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 17.6 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,233 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −10.6% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +21.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,059 | $1,983 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $80,397 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 92 | 46 |
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
- 76Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $26K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Waller 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 Waller County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,858+21.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,342
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 513 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 120
- Median household income
- $80,397+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,271
- Median home value
- $318,700
- Jobs located here
- 22,618
- Daytime population
- 57,360Residents 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 Waller 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 |
Other business types in Waller 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 laundry87
- Clothing and shoe stores92
- Laundromats53
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Waller County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 clothing and shoe stores in Waller County. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in Waller County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 76 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Waller County, TX spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $37.8M a year, or $2,059 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 18,342 households in Waller County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Waller County, TX compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Waller County has 6.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $3.1M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Waller County would have about 30, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Waller County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Waller County at 69,858 people in 2025, up 21.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,342 households. Median household income in Waller County is $80,397, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. Waller County scores 92 for clothing and shoe stores (very high), #15 of 2,087 scored counties.
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