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Convenience stores in Custer County, CO

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Custer County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$15.6M
On groceries · $5,840 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
5,590
+18.3% 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 Custer County spend about $15.6M a year on groceries, or $5,840 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no convenience stores in Custer County. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Custer County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Custer County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Custer County from 2020 to 2025 at +18.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Custer County compares

The same measures for Colorado 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 Custer County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureCuster CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.07.18.0
Spending per listingn/a$9.2M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a7,8623,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.8%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+18.3%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,840$6,458$6,319
Median household income$72,674$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored73

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Custer 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 Custer County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,590+18.3% since 2020
Households
2,672
Median age
55.3
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
739 sq. mi.
People per square mile
7
Median household income
$72,674
Average household income
$95,408
Median home value
$392,100
Jobs located here
1,060
Daytime population
4,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Colorado

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

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Douglas County, CO98715.1$14.7M+10.9%#2 of 2,261
2Broomfield County, CO94113.5$20.4M+6.3%#9 of 2,261
3Weld County, CO91826.6$9.7M+14.2%#31 of 2,261
4Larimer County, CO88855.5$11.6M+4.8%#56 of 2,261
5Park County, CO8466.7$9.7M+5.1%#105 of 2,261
6Arapahoe County, CO821586.1$10.7M+2.8%#130 of 2,261
7Adams County, CO811447.6$8.4M+6.6%#153 of 2,261
8Boulder County, CO80725.3$12.7M−0.7%#163 of 2,261
9Denver County, CO802206.6$9.9M+3.2%#169 of 2,261
10Jefferson County, CO791466.0$11.2M−0.5%#187 of 2,261
Custer County, CONot scored00.0n/a+18.3%

Other business types in Custer County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Custer County, CO?

There are no convenience stores on map listings in Custer County as of September 2026. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Custer County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Custer County, CO spend on groceries?

About $15.6M a year, or $5,840 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,672 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Custer County, CO compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Custer County has no convenience stores on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Custer County would have about 2, against none on map listings.

How fast is Custer County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Custer County at 5,590 people in 2025, up 18.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,672 households. The median household income in Custer County is $72,674 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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 Custer County

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