Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Florida
Convenience stores in the Lake City, FL area
How the Lake City, FL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #246 of 529 scored small-town markets
#1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida
- Listings
- 32
- 16 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $153.1M
- On groceries · $5,582 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.7
- 46% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,094
- +6.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,582 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Lake City area spend about $153.1M a year on groceries. Spread across 32 convenience stores, that is $4.8M per store, 39% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 32 convenience stores on map listings in the Lake City area as of September 2026. 16 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That is 11.7 per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Lake City area classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 3,919 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lake City area grew 6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in the Lake City area is 54 (upper middle), #246 of 529 scored small-town markets and #1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida.
How the Lake City area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Lake City area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.7 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,919 | 2,728 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.2% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,582 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $59,205 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $434K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3216 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 the Lake City area, 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 the Lake City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,094+6.2% since 2020
- Households
- 27,430
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 797 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 90
- Median household income
- $59,205+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,718
- Median home value
- $194,900
- Jobs located here
- 24,625
- Daytime population
- 67,243Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake City, FL | 54 | 32 | 11.7 | $4.8M | +6.2% | #246 of 529 |
| 2Arcadia, FL | 47 | 10 | 7.8 | $6.8M | +8.8% | #309 of 529 |
| 3Key West-Key Largo, FL | 47 | 42 | 12.2 | $5.3M | −2.9% | #313 of 529 |
| 4Clewiston, FL | 33 | 29 | 15.6 | $3.6M | +18.8% | #425 of 529 |
| 5Palatka, FL | 30 | 61 | 19.5 | $2.7M | +5.9% | #445 of 529 |
| 6Okeechobee, FL | 29 | 31 | 20.5 | $2.7M | +7.4% | #449 of 529 |
Other business types in the Lake City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores62
- Grocery stores70
- Convenience stores54
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 the Lake City, FL area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 convenience stores in the Lake City area. 16 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Lake City, FL area spend on groceries?
About $153.1M a year, or $5,582 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 27,430 households in the Lake City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lake City, FL area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Lake City area has 11.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.8M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Lake City area would have about 19, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,919 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lake City, FL area growing?
Population estimates put the Lake City area at 74,094 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,430 households. The median household income in the Lake City area is $59,205 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Lake City area scores 54 for convenience stores (upper middle), #246 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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