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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Georgia

Convenience stores in the Toccoa, GA area

The convenience stores in the Toccoa, GA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #438 of 529 scored small-town markets
#11 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia

Listings
13
6 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$56.6M
On groceries · $5,378 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.4
55% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,854
+3.8% 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

For convenience stores, the Toccoa area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #438 of 529 scored small-town markets and #11 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on groceries in the Toccoa area comes to about $56.6M a year: $5,378 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

The Toccoa area has 13 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 46%, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.4, 55% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Toccoa area classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 957 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Toccoa area grew 3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Toccoa 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.

Convenience stores in Toccoa, GA area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureToccoa areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.410.08.0
Spending per listing$4.4M$6.1M$7.9M
Households per official establishment9572,1463,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.3%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,378$6,137$6,319
Median household income$54,754$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3037

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11
Employees, 2023
36
Annual payroll, 2023
$677K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
136 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Toccoa 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 Toccoa area

Population, 2025 estimate
27,854+3.8% since 2020
Households
10,524
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
179 sq. mi.
People per square mile
151
Median household income
$54,754+16.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,096
Median home value
$175,300
Jobs located here
8,300
Daytime population
22,701Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Georgia

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Georgia for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Toccoa area marked.

Top small-town markets in Georgia

Small-town markets in Georgia ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kingsland, GA652712.4$4.8M+9.5%#134 of 529
2Jefferson, GA573913.7$4.7M+29.3%#217 of 529
3Jesup, GA441513.6$4M+7.8%#342 of 529
4Calhoun, GA433918.3$3.2M+6.9%#357 of 529
5Moultrie, GA42158.9$6M+3.3%#361 of 529
6Cornelia, GA402917.3$3.4M+9.3%#376 of 529
7Statesboro, GA345716.3$3.4M+8.0%#420 of 529
8LaGrange, GA-AL325012.4$4.4M+3.0%#429 of 529
9Thomasville, GA314415.3$3.7M+1.3%#431 of 529
10Cedartown, GA312515.7$3.5M+6.0%#434 of 529
11Toccoa, GA301312.4$4.4M+3.8%#438 of 529

Other business types in the Toccoa area

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in the Toccoa, GA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 convenience stores in the Toccoa area. 6 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Toccoa, GA area spend on groceries?

About $56.6M a year, or $5,378 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 10,524 households in the Toccoa area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Toccoa, GA area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

The Toccoa area has 12.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.4M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Toccoa area would have about 7, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 957 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is the Toccoa, GA area growing?

Population estimates put the Toccoa area at 27,854 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,524 households. The median household income in the Toccoa area is $54,754 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.1% 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 Toccoa area scores 30 for convenience stores (lower middle), #438 of 529 scored small-town markets.

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