Groceries and convenience · County · Arkansas
Convenience stores in Craighead County, AR
How Craighead County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #534 of 2,261 scored counties
#8 of 55 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 40
- 27 chain locations (68%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $251.6M
- On groceries · $5,661 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.3M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,957
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Craighead County comes to about $251.6M a year: $5,661 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 40 convenience stores, that is $6.3M per store, 20% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 40 convenience stores on map listings in Craighead County as of September 2026. Of those, 27 are chain locations, or 68%, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.0, 13% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Craighead County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 14,812 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Craighead County grew 4.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Craighead County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #534 of 2,261 scored counties and #8 of 55 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Craighead County compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience 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 | Craighead County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.3M | $6.4M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 14,812 | 7,136 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +52.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,661 | $5,667 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $59,548 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $94K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4027 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 convenience stores in Craighead 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 Craighead County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,957+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 44,437
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $59,548+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,050
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 53,731
- Daytime population
- 120,635Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Craighead County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, AR | 95 | 46 | 4.1 | $15.9M | +16.0% | #7 of 2,261 |
| 2Washington County, AR | 89 | 48 | 4.9 | $12.1M | +9.9% | #44 of 2,261 |
| 3Faulkner County, AR | 81 | 26 | 5.3 | $11.1M | +8.2% | #140 of 2,261 |
| 4Saline County, AR | 79 | 44 | 8.8 | $6.9M | +7.6% | #205 of 2,261 |
| 5Pope County, AR | 71 | 14 | 5.7 | $9.7M | +2.5% | #402 of 2,261 |
| 6Grant County, AR | 70 | 5 | 7.2 | $8.2M | +4.1% | #433 of 2,261 |
| 7Lonoke County, AR | 68 | 25 | 8.8 | $6.8M | +3.5% | #494 of 2,261 |
| 8Craighead County, AR | 67 | 40 | 9.0 | $6.3M | +4.8% | #534 of 2,261 |
| 9Pulaski County, AR | 65 | 127 | 7.4 | $7.9M | +1.3% | #586 of 2,261 |
| 10White County, AR | 62 | 22 | 7.4 | $7.4M | +4.2% | #684 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Craighead County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores64
- Grocery stores54
- Convenience stores67
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Craighead County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 40 convenience stores in Craighead County. 27 of them (68%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Craighead County, AR spend on groceries?
About $251.6M a year, or $5,661 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.3M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,437 households in Craighead County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Craighead County, AR compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Craighead County has 9.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.3M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Craighead County would have about 32, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,812 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Craighead County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Craighead County at 116,957 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,437 households. The median household income in Craighead County is $59,548 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Craighead County scores 67 for convenience stores (upper middle), #534 of 2,261 scored counties.
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