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Clothing and shoe stores in Randolph County, WV
How Randolph County, WV 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 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,920 of 2,087 scored counties
#20 of 27 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 16
- 6 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $17.4M
- On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,632 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.0
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,882
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
For clothing and shoe stores, Randolph County has a Groundwork market score of 21 (low): #1,920 of 2,087 scored counties and #20 of 27 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on clothing, shoes and related services in Randolph County comes to about $17.4M a year: $1,632 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.1M per store, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.
Randolph County has 16 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 44% across the U.S. That is 15.0 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for clothing and shoe stores in Randolph County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Randolph County declined 3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Randolph County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Randolph County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.0 | 10.8 | 16.2 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,064 | 1,273 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.3% | −12.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services | $1,632 | $1,698 | $2,055 |
| Median household income | $52,757 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 55 |
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
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 166 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 Randolph 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 Randolph County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,882−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 10,678
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,040 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $52,757+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,437
- Median home value
- $144,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,659
- Daytime population
- 26,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 94 | 12 | 5.3 | $4.1M | +9.2% | #6 of 2,087 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 89 | 31 | 6.1 | $3.1M | +13.7% | #32 of 2,087 |
| 3Putnam County, WV | 76 | 14 | 6.0 | $3.3M | −1.0% | #208 of 2,087 |
| 4Marion County, WV | 67 | 14 | 6.0 | $2.9M | −1.2% | #451 of 2,087 |
| 5Hancock County, WV | 61 | 7 | 5.5 | $3.1M | −4.5% | #628 of 2,087 |
| 6Marshall County, WV | 53 | 6 | 4.8 | $3.4M | −4.4% | #912 of 2,087 |
| 7Fayette County, WV | 51 | 12 | 7.5 | $2.1M | −5.6% | #1,000 of 2,087 |
| 8Jackson County, WV | 49 | 9 | 7.8 | $2.1M | −1.0% | #1,074 of 2,087 |
| 9Brooke County, WV | 48 | 6 | 6.2 | $2.7M | −6.0% | #1,111 of 2,087 |
| 10Wayne County, WV | 47 | 10 | 6.3 | $2.6M | −4.0% | #1,145 of 2,087 |
| 20Randolph County, WV | 21 | 16 | 15.0 | $1.1M | −3.6% | #1,920 of 2,087 |
Other business types in Randolph 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 laundry22
- Clothing and shoe stores21
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many clothing and shoe stores are in Randolph County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 clothing and shoe stores in Randolph County. 6 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. No official count is published for clothing and shoe stores in Randolph County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Randolph County, WV spend on clothing, shoes and related services?
About $17.4M a year, or $1,632 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 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 10,678 households in Randolph County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Randolph County, WV compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?
Randolph County has 15.0 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.1M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Randolph County would have about 14, against 16 on map listings.
How fast is Randolph County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Randolph County at 26,882 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,678 households. Median household income in Randolph County is $52,757, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.8%, 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. Randolph County scores 21 for clothing and shoe stores (low), #1,920 of 2,087 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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