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Clothing and shoe stores in Clallam County, WA

How Clallam County, WA 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #672 of 2,087 scored counties
#18 of 29 scored counties in Washington

Listings
31
5 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$59.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,690 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
50% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.8
46% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
78,202
+1.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 clothing and shoe stores in Clallam County. 5 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.8, 46% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Households in Clallam County spend about $59.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,690 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 50% above 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.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Clallam County in 2023. That is one for every 3,505 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 39 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clallam County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Clallam County is 60 (upper middle), #672 of 2,087 scored counties and #18 of 29 scored counties in Washington.

How Clallam County compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Clallam County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureClallam CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.810.816.2
Spending per listing$1.9M$1.9M$1.3M
Households per official establishment3,5051,8571,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.8%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,690$2,048$2,055
Median household income$70,370$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score6087

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 10
Employees, 2023
66
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
39Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
315 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
47The 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 Clallam 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 Clallam County

Population, 2025 estimate
78,202+1.1% since 2020
Households
35,046
Median age
51.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,739 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$70,370+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,407
Median home value
$421,800
Jobs located here
23,717
Daytime population
69,279Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Washington

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

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Mason County, WA8351.9$9.4M+7.8%#100 of 2,087
2Clark County, WA821387.0$2.8M+5.3%#127 of 2,087
3Kittitas County, WA77126.0$3M+4.2%#190 of 2,087
4Stevens County, WA72115.7$2.9M+6.6%#312 of 2,087
5Kitsap County, WA72938.6$2.4M+2.7%#321 of 2,087
6Island County, WA71174.7$4M−1.5%#335 of 2,087
7Pierce County, WA713028.6$2.3M+2.5%#347 of 2,087
8Franklin County, WA703612.0$1.5M+5.6%#388 of 2,087
9Snohomish County, WA6935611.3$1.9M+4.9%#409 of 2,087
10Whitman County, WA68105.3$3M+1.5%#420 of 2,087
18Clallam County, WA60318.8$1.9M+1.1%#672 of 2,087

Other business types in Clallam County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Clallam County, WA?

There are 31 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in Clallam County as of September 2026. 5 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts also show 39 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Clallam County, WA spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $59.2M a year, or $1,690 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 35,046 households in Clallam County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Clallam County has 8.8 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.9M, 50% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Clallam County would have about 47, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,505 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Clallam County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Clallam County at 78,202 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,046 households. The median household income in Clallam County is $70,370 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.8% 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. Clallam County scores 60 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #672 of 2,087 scored counties.

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