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Clothing and shoe stores in the Marinette, WI-MI area

The clothing and shoe stores in the Marinette, WI-MI area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #97 of 536 scored small-town markets
#9 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin

Listings
22
9 chain locations (41%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$51.4M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,747 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
84% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.5
54% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
65,515
+0.3% 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

Households in the Marinette area spend about $51.4M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,747 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 22 clothing and shoe stores, that is $2.3M per store, 84% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

There are 22 clothing and shoe stores on map listings in the Marinette area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 54% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Marinette area in 2023. That is one for every 3,677 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $300K have gone to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Marinette area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Marinette area grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For clothing and shoe stores, the Marinette area has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #97 of 536 scored small-town markets and #9 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Marinette area compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Marinette, WI-MI area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureMarinette areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.512.716.2
Spending per listing$2.3M$1.6M$1.3M
Households per official establishment3,6771,8391,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−16.1%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,747$2,003$2,055
Median household income$61,417$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score7072

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
97
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
229 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$300K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as clothing and shoe stores in the Marinette area, 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 the Marinette area

Population, 2025 estimate
65,515+0.3% since 2020
Households
29,412
Median age
48.1
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,444 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$61,417+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,102
Median home value
$156,600
Jobs located here
24,213
Daytime population
62,754Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wisconsin for clothing and shoe stores, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with the Marinette area marked.

Top small-town markets in Wisconsin

Small-town markets in Wisconsin ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stevens Point-Plover, WI83299.8$2M+2.2%#17 of 536
2Manitowoc, WI82216.0$3.1M+0.4%#19 of 536
3Platteville, WI81136.5$2.8M+0.9%#24 of 536
4Beaver Dam, WI80267.2$2.6M−0.3%#27 of 536
5Menomonie, WI77148.0$2.4M+1.7%#41 of 536
6Sparta, WI77158.2$2.3M+0.6%#42 of 536
7Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI75278.4$2.2M−0.2%#61 of 536
8Shawano, WI73147.5$2.4M+1.4%#70 of 536
9Marinette, WI-MI70227.5$2.3M+0.3%#97 of 536
10Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI635913.7$1.5M+0.8%#158 of 536

Other business types in the Marinette area

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in the Marinette, WI-MI area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 22 clothing and shoe stores in the Marinette area. 9 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Marinette, WI-MI area spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $51.4M a year, or $1,747 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 29,412 households in the Marinette area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Marinette, WI-MI area compare with the U.S. for clothing and shoe stores?

The Marinette area has 7.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $2.3M, 84% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, the Marinette area would have about 40, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,677 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is the Marinette, WI-MI area growing?

Population estimates put the Marinette area at 65,515 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,412 households. Median household income in the Marinette area is $61,417, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.5%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Marinette area scores 70 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #97 of 536 scored small-town markets.

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