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Clothing and shoe stores in Okanogan County, WA

How Okanogan 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,007 of 2,087 scored counties
#24 of 29 scored counties in Washington

Listings
17
5 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$28.2M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,607 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.7
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,230
+7.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 17 clothing and shoe stores in Okanogan County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 29%, against 44% across the U.S. That is 9.7 per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

At $1,607 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Okanogan County spend about $28.2M a year on clothing, shoes and related services. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 31% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in Okanogan County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 1,349 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 30 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Okanogan County.

Population estimates put the population change in Okanogan County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Okanogan County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores, ranking #1,007 of 2,087 scored counties and #24 of 29 scored counties in Washington.

How Okanogan 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 Okanogan County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureOkanogan CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.710.816.2
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.9M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,3491,8571,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.8%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.3%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,607$2,048$2,055
Median household income$63,207$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score5187

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 13
Employees, 2023
41
Annual payroll, 2023
$932K
One-person businesses, 2023
30Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
175 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in Okanogan 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 Okanogan County

Population, 2025 estimate
45,230+7.3% since 2020
Households
17,540
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
5,266 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$63,207+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,721
Median home value
$299,800
Jobs located here
14,908
Daytime population
43,227Residents 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 Okanogan 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
24Okanogan County, WA51179.7$1.7M+7.3%#1,007 of 2,087

Other business types in Okanogan County

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

Questions

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

Okanogan County has 17 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 30 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $28.2M a year, or $1,607 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 17,540 households in Okanogan County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Okanogan County has 9.7 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.7M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Okanogan County would have about 22, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,349 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Okanogan County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Okanogan County at 45,230 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,540 households. The median household income in Okanogan County is $63,207 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.8% 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. Okanogan County scores 51 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #1,007 of 2,087 scored counties.

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