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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Illinois

Convenience stores in the Taylorville, IL area

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #220 of 529 scored small-town markets
#11 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois

Listings
10
8 chain locations (80%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$77.1M
On groceries · $5,675 a household
Spending per listing
$7.7M
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.4
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,443
−1.5% 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

Household spending on groceries in the Taylorville area comes to about $77.1M a year: $5,675 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 2% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

The Taylorville area has 10 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 80%, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 7.4 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

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

Population estimates show the Taylorville area declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Taylorville area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #220 of 529 scored small-town markets and #11 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois.

How the Taylorville area compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Taylorville, IL area compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureTaylorville areaIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.45.58.0
Spending per listing$7.7M$11.5M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,9603,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.1%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,675$6,290$6,319
Median household income$62,611$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score5662

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
108 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Taylorville 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 Taylorville area

Population, 2025 estimate
33,443−1.5% since 2020
Households
13,586
Median age
43.2
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
710 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$62,611+18.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,611
Median home value
$115,500
Jobs located here
9,795
Daytime population
28,548Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Illinois

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Taylorville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Illinois

Small-town markets in Illinois ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sterling, IL73125.2$11.1M−2.6%#58 of 529
2Rochelle, IL69136.2$9.8M−0.7%#91 of 529
3Dixon, IL6875.2$11.3M−3.4%#100 of 529
4Ottawa, IL63477.6$7.8M−1.6%#143 of 529
5Marion-Herrin, IL63237.9$7.3M+0.2%#147 of 529
6Galesburg, IL62115.2$10.5M−4.1%#153 of 529
7Pontiac, IL6296.2$9.7M−2.1%#154 of 529
Burlington, IA-IL60126.0$9.4M−2.5%#172 of 529
8Quincy, IL-MO60309.6$5.9M−2.0%#180 of 529
9Lincoln, IL5987.1$8.2M−2.5%#188 of 529
11Taylorville, IL56107.4$7.7M−1.5%#220 of 529

Other business types in the Taylorville area

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in the Taylorville, IL area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 convenience stores in the Taylorville area. 8 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in the Taylorville area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Taylorville, IL area spend on groceries?

About $77.1M a year, or $5,675 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7.7M 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 13,586 households in the Taylorville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Taylorville, IL area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

The Taylorville area has 7.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7.7M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending.

How fast is the Taylorville, IL area growing?

Population estimates put the Taylorville area at 33,443 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,586 households. The median household income in the Taylorville area is $62,611 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.5% 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 Taylorville area scores 56 for convenience stores (upper middle), #220 of 529 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in the Taylorville area

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