Groceries and convenience · County · Indiana
Convenience stores in Fayette County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Fayette County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,398 of 2,261 scored counties
#70 of 78 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $52.3M
- On groceries · $5,555 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.8M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 20% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,533
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 convenience stores in Fayette County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 60% across the U.S. That is 9.6 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Fayette County comes to about $52.3M a year: $5,555 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 convenience stores, that is $5.8M per store, 26% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Fayette County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fayette County grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Fayette County scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,398 of 2,261 scored counties and #70 of 78 scored counties in Indiana.
How Fayette County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Fayette County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 5.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.8M | $10.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,993 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.2% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,555 | $5,959 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $59,321 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 65 |
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
- 91 chain location
- 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 Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,533+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 9,422
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 215 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $59,321+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,303
- Median home value
- $130,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,957
- Daytime population
- 18,647Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Fayette County marked.
Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hamilton County, IN | 98 | 45 | 3.3 | $21.7M | +10.9% | #1 of 2,261 |
| 2Hendricks County, IN | 96 | 22 | 3.3 | $20.3M | +10.2% | #3 of 2,261 |
| 3Boone County, IN | 94 | 18 | 6.3 | $11M | +13.5% | #11 of 2,261 |
| 4Hancock County, IN | 93 | 19 | 5.7 | $11.5M | +13.5% | #16 of 2,261 |
| 5Johnson County, IN | 92 | 28 | 4.5 | $14.3M | +7.4% | #19 of 2,261 |
| 6Warrick County, IN | 88 | 12 | 4.8 | $13.5M | +4.4% | #53 of 2,261 |
| 7Allen County, IN | 84 | 73 | 4.7 | $12.7M | +4.2% | #98 of 2,261 |
| 8Morgan County, IN | 83 | 15 | 5.3 | $11.6M | +4.4% | #118 of 2,261 |
| 9Porter County, IN | 81 | 40 | 5.8 | $10.8M | +1.6% | #143 of 2,261 |
| 10Dearborn County, IN | 78 | 9 | 4.4 | $13.8M | +1.7% | #211 of 2,261 |
| 70Fayette County, IN | 42 | 9 | 9.6 | $5.8M | +0.7% | #1,398 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Fayette County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores63
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores42
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 Fayette County, IN?
There are 9 convenience stores on map listings in Fayette County as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Fayette County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Fayette County, IN spend on groceries?
About $52.3M a year, or $5,555 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,422 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, IN compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Fayette County has 9.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.8M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Fayette County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Fayette County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 23,533 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,422 households. Median household income in Fayette County is $59,321, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Fayette County scores 42 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,398 of 2,261 scored counties.
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