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Convenience stores in Miller County, AR

The convenience stores in Miller County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,556 of 2,261 scored counties
#24 of 55 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
19
9 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$86.4M
On groceries · $5,280 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.6
45% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,357
−0.5% 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

Household spending on groceries in Miller County comes to about $86.4M a year: $5,280 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 convenience stores, that is $4.5M per store, 42% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Miller County has 19 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 11.6 for every 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Miller County in 2023. That is one for every 5,453 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Miller County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, Miller County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #1,556 of 2,261 scored counties and #24 of 55 scored counties in Arkansas.

How Miller 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.

Convenience stores in Miller County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureMiller CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.68.88.0
Spending per listing$4.5M$6.4M$7.9M
Households per official establishment5,4537,1363,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+52.3%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,280$5,667$6,319
Median household income$48,836$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score3841

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$304K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
199 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Miller 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 Miller County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,357−0.5% since 2020
Households
16,359
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
624 sq. mi.
People per square mile
68
Median household income
$48,836+12.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,099
Median home value
$153,900
Jobs located here
12,266
Daytime population
38,184Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Miller County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, AR95464.1$15.9M+16.0%#7 of 2,261
2Washington County, AR89484.9$12.1M+9.9%#44 of 2,261
3Faulkner County, AR81265.3$11.1M+8.2%#140 of 2,261
4Saline County, AR79448.8$6.9M+7.6%#205 of 2,261
5Pope County, AR71145.7$9.7M+2.5%#402 of 2,261
6Grant County, AR7057.2$8.2M+4.1%#433 of 2,261
7Lonoke County, AR68258.8$6.8M+3.5%#494 of 2,261
8Craighead County, AR67409.0$6.3M+4.8%#534 of 2,261
9Pulaski County, AR651277.4$7.9M+1.3%#586 of 2,261
10White County, AR62227.4$7.4M+4.2%#684 of 2,261
24Miller County, AR381911.6$4.5M−0.5%#1,556 of 2,261

Other business types in Miller County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Miller County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 convenience stores in Miller County. 9 of them (47%) 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 Miller County, AR spend on groceries?

About $86.4M a year, or $5,280 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 16,359 households in Miller County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Miller County, AR compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Miller County has 11.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.5M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Miller County would have about 11, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,453 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Miller County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Miller County at 42,357 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,359 households. The median household income in Miller County is $48,836 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.6% 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. Miller County scores 38 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,556 of 2,261 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Miller County

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