Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Georgia
Convenience stores in the Hinesville, GA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the Hinesville, GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #280 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 37
- 26 chain locations (70%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $168.1M
- On groceries · $5,574 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- 54% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,870
- +12.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in the Hinesville metro area comes to about $168.1M a year: $5,574 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 42% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
The Hinesville metro area has 37 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 70% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 12.3 for every 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Hinesville metro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,309 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hinesville metro area grew 12.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in the Hinesville metro area is 38 (lower middle), #280 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Hinesville metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Hinesville metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $6.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,309 | 2,146 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,574 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,709 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 14
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $267K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3726 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Hinesville metro 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 Hinesville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,870+12.6% since 2020
- Households
- 30,160
- Median age
- 31.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 917 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 94
- Median household income
- $61,709+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,391
- Median home value
- $204,500
- Jobs located here
- 17,128
- Daytime population
- 75,511Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hinesville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 65 | 1,544 | 6.7 | $9.7M | +5.9% | #93 of 387 |
| 2Gainesville, GA | 50 | 75 | 10.2 | $6.1M | +11.4% | #204 of 387 |
| 3Athens-Clarke County, GA | 40 | 86 | 10.0 | $5.8M | +3.9% | #260 of 387 |
| 4Savannah, GA | 40 | 189 | 11.7 | $5.2M | +8.1% | #262 of 387 |
| 5Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 39 | 257 | 11.1 | $5.3M | +4.7% | #269 of 387 |
| 6Hinesville, GA | 38 | 37 | 12.3 | $4.5M | +12.6% | #280 of 387 |
| 7Warner Robins, GA | 37 | 89 | 12.0 | $5.1M | +8.2% | #285 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 35 | 312 | 13.5 | $4.4M | +5.3% | #293 of 387 |
| 8Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 25 | 65 | 13.8 | $4.2M | +4.4% | #349 of 387 |
| 9Columbus, GA-AL | 17 | 115 | 9.0 | $6.2M | −1.3% | #371 of 387 |
Other business types in the Hinesville metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores48
- Grocery stores56
- Convenience stores38
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 Hinesville, GA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 convenience stores in the Hinesville metro area. 26 of them (70%) 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 Hinesville, GA metro area spend on groceries?
About $168.1M a year, or $5,574 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 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 30,160 households in the Hinesville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hinesville, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Hinesville metro area has 12.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 54% 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, the Hinesville metro area would have about 21, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,309 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hinesville, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Hinesville metro area at 91,870 people in 2025, up 12.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,160 households. The median household income in the Hinesville metro area is $61,709 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. The Hinesville metro area scores 38 for convenience stores (lower middle), #280 of 387 scored metro areas.
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