Custom Merch for Skate and Surf Shops in Austin, TX
Merch Mob makes house-brand tees, hoodies and crewnecks, and hats and beanies for skate and surf shops in Austin, TX, at its shop in Montclair, CA, and ships them to Austin. Austin skews adult, with 18% of residents under 18 against 22% nationally (Census ACS, 2020-2024), so put the size depth in adult medium to extra large and keep youth sizes few.
Austin by the numbers
Austin has 1,002,632 residents, up 4.6% since 2020 (Census estimates).
Travis County has 73 sporting goods stores with paid employees (Census County Business Patterns, 2023). That is 0.53 for every 10,000 residents, slightly below the national figure of 0.60. 53% of them employ fewer than 10 people. The count is down 9% from 80 in 2018.
That Census category includes skate and surf shops along with every other kind of sporting goods store.
Austin spans 3 counties. The business figures are for Travis County, home to about 93% of its residents.
Travis County as a whole has 1,389,670 residents, up 7.7% since 2020. Travis County has one sporting goods store for every 19,040 residents.
- Population, 2025
- 1,002,632
- Since 2020
- +4.6%
- Main county
- Travis County
- Sporting goods stores in Travis County, 2023
- 73
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 0.53 (US 0.60)
- Time zone
- Central
- Median age
- 34.7 (US 38.9)
- Residents under 18
- 18% (US 22%)
- Warmest month, average high
- August, 98°F
- Coldest month, average low
- January, 42°F
- Days at 90°F or hotter, a year
- 123
- Nights at 32°F or colder, a year
- 12
- Rain, a year
- 36 in
- USPS zone from the shop
- 6
Weather: Austin-Camp Mabry station, 1 mi from Austin's center (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals). People: Census ACS 2020-2024. Counts: CBP 2023, by county, paid-employee establishments. Population: Census, July 2025.
What Austin's weather means for skate and surf shops
Summer runs long in Austin, with about 123 days a year at 90°F or more, so plan the year's biggest tee drop for spring, while riding weather is comfortable. The cool stretch is short: average highs dip below 65°F from December to January, which is when a midweight hoodie earns its spot for dawn sessions and holiday gifts. Tee weather, a 70°F average high or warmer, runs March to November, long enough to support two tee drops a year, one in spring and one after the worst of the summer heat. Some 29 days a year reach 100°F, so summer is a slow stretch for outdoor sessions and a good time to release a light tee for the early-morning crew. Rain peaks in May at about 5 inches, so that is the month to sell windbreakers, hoodies and caps rather than to schedule a demo.
| Month in Austin | Average high | Average low | Rain (in) | What the shop rack carries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63°F | 42°F | 2.6 | Hoodies, crewnecks and long sleeves |
| February | 67°F | 46°F | 1.9 | Tees and an early-session hoodie |
| March | 73°F | 52°F | 2.9 | House tees, caps and five-panels |
| April | 80°F | 59°F | 2.4 | House tees, caps and five-panels |
| May | 87°F | 67°F | 5 | Tanks, light tees and trucker caps |
| June | 93°F | 73°F | 3.7 | Tanks, light tees and trucker caps |
| July | 97°F | 75°F | 2 | Tanks, light tees and trucker caps |
| August | 98°F | 75°F | 2.7 | Tanks, light tees and trucker caps |
| September | 91°F | 70°F | 3.5 | Tanks, light tees and trucker caps |
| October | 83°F | 61°F | 3.9 | House tees, caps and five-panels |
| November | 72°F | 51°F | 2.9 | House tees, caps and five-panels |
| December | 64°F | 43°F | 2.7 | Hoodies, crewnecks and long sleeves |
Made in So Cal, shipped to Austin.
Orders ship to Austin from the shop; there is no office or pickup point in Texas.
Austin is about 1,193 miles from Merch Mob's shop in Montclair, CA, a straight-line distance. From the shop's ZIP code, Austin is USPS zone 6. Austin is on Central time, 2 hours ahead of the shop's Pacific time.
From the production floor
Merch Mob production in Southern California.
Ordering from Austin
What should a skate or surf shop in Austin keep on the rack in winter?
A small fleece section, not a fleece wall: winter is just December to January under a 65°F average high, so a midweight hoodie and a long sleeve next to the tees are enough.
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