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Clothing and shoe stores in Carroll County, VA

How Carroll County, VA 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #765 of 2,087 scored counties
#40 of 80 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
9
2 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,591 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
75% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.2
56% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,299
+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

At $1,591 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Carroll County spend about $20M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. Spread across 9 clothing and shoe stores, that is $2.2M per store, 75% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Carroll County has 9 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 22%, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, 56% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Carroll County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 3,144 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Carroll County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, Carroll County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #765 of 2,087 scored counties and #40 of 80 scored counties in Virginia.

How Carroll County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Carroll County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureCarroll CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.213.616.2
Spending per listing$2.2M$1.6M$1.3M
Households per official establishment3,1441,3801,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.1%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,591$2,176$2,055
Median household income$54,484$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score5771

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 4
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$619K
One-person businesses, 2023
15Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
92 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,299+0.5% since 2020
Households
12,576
Median age
48.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
475 sq. mi.
People per square mile
61
Median household income
$54,484+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,718
Median home value
$156,500
Jobs located here
5,943
Daytime population
23,365Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Carroll County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stafford County, VA97193.6$7.2M+8.3%#1 of 2,087
2Frederick County, VA9492.5$8.5M+8.8%#3 of 2,087
3Orange County, VA9464.0$5.2M+10.1%#4 of 2,087
4Fauquier County, VA91176.4$4M+4.8%#18 of 2,087
5Hanover County, VA91266.1$3.8M+5.6%#21 of 2,087
6Rockingham County, VA89164.9$3.9M+6.6%#30 of 2,087
7Falls Church city, VA8958.0$3.5M+3.3%#31 of 2,087
8Suffolk city, VA88256.6$3.1M+10.4%#42 of 2,087
9York County, VA86197.0$3.3M+1.6%#63 of 2,087
10Greene County, VA8667.5$2.8M+6.6%#65 of 2,087
40Carroll County, VA5797.2$2.2M+0.5%#765 of 2,087

Other business types in Carroll County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Carroll County, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 clothing and shoe stores in Carroll County. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Carroll County, VA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $20M a year, or $1,591 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 12,576 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Carroll County has 7.2 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.2M, 75% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Carroll County would have about 16, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,144 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Carroll County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Carroll County at 29,299 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,576 households. Median household income in Carroll County is $54,484, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.5%, 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. 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. Carroll County scores 57 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #765 of 2,087 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing and shoe stores · All 56 business types in Carroll County

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