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Clothing and shoe stores in Staunton city, VA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in Staunton city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #484 of 2,087 scored counties
#26 of 80 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
9
2 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,703 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
68% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.0
51% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,801
+3.8% 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

Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Staunton city comes to about $19.3M a year: $1,703 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 clothing and shoe stores, that is $2.1M per store, 68% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Staunton city has 9 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.0, 51% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Staunton city classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 2,827 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Staunton city from 2020 to 2025 at +3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Staunton city scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #484 of 2,087 scored counties and #26 of 80 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Staunton city 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 Staunton city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureStaunton cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.013.616.2
Spending per listing$2.1M$1.6M$1.3M
Households per official establishment2,8271,3801,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−14.1%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.8%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,703$2,176$2,055
Median household income$65,581$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score6671

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
9
Annual payroll, 2023
$193K
One-person businesses, 2023
20Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
92 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Staunton city, 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 Staunton city

Population, 2025 estimate
26,801+3.8% since 2020
Households
11,309
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
20 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,303
Median household income
$65,581+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,942
Median home value
$259,200
Jobs located here
11,910
Daytime population
25,488Residents 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 Staunton city 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
26Staunton city, VA6698.0$2.1M+3.8%#484 of 2,087

Other business types in Staunton city

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Staunton city, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 clothing and shoe stores in Staunton city. 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. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Staunton city, VA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $19.3M a year, or $1,703 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 11,309 households in Staunton city and national spending patterns by income.

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

Staunton city has 8.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.1M, 68% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Staunton city would have about 15, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,827 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Staunton city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Staunton city at 26,801 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,309 households. Median household income in Staunton city is $65,581, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Staunton city scores 66 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #484 of 2,087 scored counties.

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