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Clothing and shoe stores in Essex County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Essex County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,711 of 2,087 scored counties
#67 of 80 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.5M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,676 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.7
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,654
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing and shoe stores, Essex County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,711 of 2,087 scored counties and #67 of 80 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Essex County spend about $7.5M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,676 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.1M per store, 16% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Essex County has 7 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 44% across the U.S. That is 15.7 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores in Essex County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Essex County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Essex 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 | Essex County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.7 | 13.6 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,380 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −14.1% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,676 | $2,176 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $56,520 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 71 |
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
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 72 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 Essex 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 Essex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,654+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,447
- Median age
- 48.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 257 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $56,520+8.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,300
- Median home value
- $238,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,291
- Daytime population
- 8,320Residents 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 Essex 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 |
| 67Essex County, VA | 30 | 7 | 15.7 | $1.1M | +0.5% | #1,711 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Essex 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 laundry36
- Clothing and shoe stores30
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Essex County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 clothing and shoe stores in Essex County. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in Essex County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Essex County, VA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $7.5M a year, or $1,676 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 4,447 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Essex County, VA compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Essex County has 15.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.1M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Essex County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Essex County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Essex County at 10,654 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,447 households. Median household income in Essex County is $56,520, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 8.8%, 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. Essex County scores 30 for clothing and shoe stores (lower middle), #1,711 of 2,087 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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