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Clothing and shoe stores in San Juan County, WA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for clothing and shoe stores in San Juan County, WA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #761 of 2,087 scored counties
#20 of 29 scored counties in Washington

Listings
14
2 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.3M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,914 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.5
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,577
+4.2% 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 San Juan County comes to about $17.3M a year: $1,914 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per store, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

San Juan County has 14 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 14%, against 44% across the U.S. That is 15.5 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in San Juan County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,254 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show San Juan County grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, San Juan County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #761 of 2,087 scored counties and #20 of 29 scored counties in Washington.

How San Juan 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 San Juan County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureSan Juan CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.510.816.2
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.9M$1.3M
Households per official establishment2,2541,8571,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−15.8%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,914$2,048$2,055
Median household income$84,800$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score5887

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 4
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$142K
One-person businesses, 2023
15Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
142 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 San Juan 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 San Juan County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,577+4.2% since 2020
Households
9,015
Median age
56.2
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
174 sq. mi.
People per square mile
106
Median household income
$84,800+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$131,031
Median home value
$799,200
Jobs located here
5,552
Daytime population
16,562Residents 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 San Juan 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
20San Juan County, WA581415.5$1.2M+4.2%#761 of 2,087

Other business types in San Juan County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 clothing and shoe stores in San Juan County. 2 of them (14%) 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 15 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $17.3M a year, or $1,914 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 9,015 households in San Juan County and national spending patterns by income.

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

San Juan County has 15.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.2M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,254 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is San Juan County, WA growing?

Population estimates put San Juan County at 18,577 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,015 households. Median household income in San Juan County is $84,800, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.3%, 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. San Juan County scores 58 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #761 of 2,087 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for clothing and shoe stores · All 56 business types in San Juan County

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