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Clothing and shoe stores in Albany County, WY

The clothing and shoe stores in Albany County, WY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,010 of 2,087 scored counties
#4 of 12 scored counties in Wyoming

Listings
18
4 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.6M
On clothing, shoes and related services · $1,614 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
21% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.5
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,558
+3.9% 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 Albany County spend about $27.6M a year on clothing, shoes and related services, or $1,614 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 clothing and shoe stores, that is $1.5M per store, 21% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The spending figure covers all clothing, shoes and related services, not only clothing and shoe stores.

Albany County has 18 clothing and shoe stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 22%, against 44% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.5, 35% below the U.S. rate of 16.2.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Albany County classed as clothing and shoe stores. That is one for every 1,898 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Albany County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for clothing and shoe stores in Albany County is 51 (upper middle), #1,010 of 2,087 scored counties and #4 of 12 scored counties in Wyoming.

How Albany County compares

The same measures for Wyoming 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 Albany County, WY compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureAlbany CountyWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.516.516.2
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,8981,4571,273
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.3%−12.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.9%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on clothing, shoes and related services$1,614$1,738$2,055
Median household income$61,917$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market score5130

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 9
Employees, 2023
63
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
17Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
184 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
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
38,558+3.9% since 2020
Households
17,083
Median age
32.5
Homes lived in by their owners
50%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
4,274 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$61,917+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,098
Median home value
$333,000
Jobs located here
16,736
Daytime population
38,437Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Clothing and shoe stores across Wyoming

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

Top counties in Wyoming

Counties in Wyoming ranked for clothing and shoe stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, WY651113.2$1.4M+7.8%#538 of 2,087
2Campbell County, WY532916.1$1.1M+2.1%#956 of 2,087
3Uinta County, WY5279.1$1.9M+1.3%#959 of 2,087
4Albany County, WY511810.5$1.5M+3.9%#1,010 of 2,087
5Converse County, WY50610.4$1.7M+0.6%#1,039 of 2,087
6Laramie County, WY425913.6$1.3M+2.2%#1,330 of 2,087
7Park County, WY422115.8$1.1M+5.1%#1,339 of 2,087
8Sweetwater County, WY412514.3$1.2M−2.2%#1,364 of 2,087
9Fremont County, WY382114.0$1.1M+0.7%#1,474 of 2,087
10Sheridan County, WY337050.6$328K+7.2%#1,638 of 2,087

Other business types in Albany County

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

Questions

How many clothing and shoe stores are in Albany County, WY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 clothing and shoe stores in Albany County. 4 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count clothing, shoe and accessory stores and boutiques. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as clothing and shoe stores in 2023. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Albany County, WY spend on clothing, shoes and related services?

About $27.6M a year, or $1,614 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 clothing and shoe stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 17,083 households in Albany County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Albany County has 10.5 clothing and shoe stores per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 16.2. Spending per store is $1.5M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of clothing and shoe stores to household spending, Albany County would have about 22, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,898 households, against one for every 1,273 across the U.S.

How fast is Albany County, WY growing?

Population estimates put Albany County at 38,558 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,083 households. Median household income in Albany County is $61,917, 23% 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. 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. Albany County scores 51 for clothing and shoe stores (upper middle), #1,010 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 Albany County

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