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Convenience stores in Yuba County, CA
How Yuba County, CA 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #593 of 2,261 scored counties
#27 of 54 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 24
- 17 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $169.8M
- On groceries · $5,930 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.1M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 88,691
- +8.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,930 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Yuba County spend about $169.8M a year on groceries. That works out to $7.1M per store, 10% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Yuba County has 24 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (71%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.4, 5% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Yuba County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 3,182 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $288K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Yuba County.
Population estimates show Yuba County grew 8.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Yuba County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #593 of 2,261 scored counties and #27 of 54 scored counties in California.
How Yuba County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Yuba County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 6.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.1M | $9.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,182 | 4,353 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.6% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.2% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,930 | $6,548 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $76,373 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2417 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
- 1
- Amount
- $288K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Yuba 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 Yuba County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 88,691+8.2% since 2020
- Households
- 28,635
- Median age
- 35.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 632 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 134
- Median household income
- $76,373+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,648
- Median home value
- $412,300
- Jobs located here
- 17,377
- Daytime population
- 68,426Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Benito County, CA | 95 | 9 | 4.4 | $15.7M | +8.6% | #8 of 2,261 |
| 2Placer County, CA | 89 | 102 | 6.5 | $10.6M | +8.9% | #45 of 2,261 |
| 3Amador County, CA | 81 | 9 | 5.6 | $11M | +3.2% | #141 of 2,261 |
| 4Contra Costa County, CA | 80 | 210 | 5.1 | $14M | +0.3% | #160 of 2,261 |
| 5Riverside County, CA | 80 | 574 | 7.4 | $8.6M | +5.0% | #173 of 2,261 |
| 6Santa Clara County, CA | 79 | 304 | 4.6 | $16.4M | −0.9% | #181 of 2,261 |
| 7El Dorado County, CA | 79 | 46 | 6.0 | $11.2M | +0.6% | #188 of 2,261 |
| 8San Mateo County, CA | 78 | 100 | 3.8 | $19.8M | −2.5% | #209 of 2,261 |
| 9San Joaquin County, CA | 78 | 207 | 8.4 | $7.5M | +5.5% | #235 of 2,261 |
| 10San Luis Obispo County, CA | 77 | 60 | 5.5 | $11.8M | 0.0% | #243 of 2,261 |
| 27Yuba County, CA | 65 | 24 | 8.4 | $7.1M | +8.2% | #593 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Yuba County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores53
- Grocery stores45
- Convenience stores65
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 Yuba County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 convenience stores in Yuba County. 17 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Yuba County, CA spend on groceries?
About $169.8M a year, or $5,930 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7.1M 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 28,635 households in Yuba County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yuba County, CA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Yuba County has 8.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7.1M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Yuba County would have about 22, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,182 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Yuba County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Yuba County at 88,691 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,635 households. The median household income in Yuba County is $76,373 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. Yuba County scores 65 for convenience stores (upper middle), #593 of 2,261 scored counties.
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