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Clothing and shoe stores in Culpeper County, VA
How Culpeper 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 83 out of 100: High
Ranked #110 of 2,087 scored counties
#14 of 80 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 13
- 5 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $2,137 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 57% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,666
- +9.3% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing and shoe stores, Culpeper County has a Groundwork market score of 83 (high): #110 of 2,087 scored counties and #14 of 80 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for clothing and shoe stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 clothing and shoe stores in Culpeper County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.9, 57% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
At $2,137 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Culpeper County spend about $40.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. That spending covers all clothing, shoes and related services, which clothing and shoe stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Culpeper County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 2,103 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Culpeper County grew 9.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Culpeper 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.
| Measure | Culpeper County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 13.6 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,103 | 1,380 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.1% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $2,137 | $2,176 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $100,049 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 83 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 100
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 33Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 135 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 Culpeper 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 Culpeper County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,666+9.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,924
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 379 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 143
- Median household income
- $100,049+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $122,174
- Median home value
- $409,200
- Jobs located here
- 16,635
- Daytime population
- 47,878Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Culpeper County marked.
Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stafford County, VA | 97 | 19 | 3.6 | $7.2M | +8.3% | #1 of 2,087 |
| 2Frederick County, VA | 94 | 9 | 2.5 | $8.5M | +8.8% | #3 of 2,087 |
| 3Orange County, VA | 94 | 6 | 4.0 | $5.2M | +10.1% | #4 of 2,087 |
| 4Fauquier County, VA | 91 | 17 | 6.4 | $4M | +4.8% | #18 of 2,087 |
| 5Hanover County, VA | 91 | 26 | 6.1 | $3.8M | +5.6% | #21 of 2,087 |
| 6Rockingham County, VA | 89 | 16 | 4.9 | $3.9M | +6.6% | #30 of 2,087 |
| 7Falls Church city, VA | 89 | 5 | 8.0 | $3.5M | +3.3% | #31 of 2,087 |
| 8Suffolk city, VA | 88 | 25 | 6.6 | $3.1M | +10.4% | #42 of 2,087 |
| 9York County, VA | 86 | 19 | 7.0 | $3.3M | +1.6% | #63 of 2,087 |
| 10Greene County, VA | 86 | 6 | 7.5 | $2.8M | +6.6% | #65 of 2,087 |
| 14Culpeper County, VA | 83 | 13 | 6.9 | $3.1M | +9.3% | #110 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Culpeper 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 laundry79
- Clothing and shoe stores83
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Culpeper County, VA?
There are 13 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Culpeper County as of September 2026. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 33 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Culpeper County, VA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $40.4M a year, or $2,137 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per store. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,924 households in Culpeper County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Culpeper County, VA compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Culpeper County has 6.9 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 57% 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 national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Culpeper County would have about 32, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,103 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.
How fast is Culpeper County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Culpeper County at 57,666 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,924 households. The median household income in Culpeper County is $100,049 a year, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Culpeper County scores 83 for clothing and shoe stores (high), #110 of 2,087 scored counties.
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