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Convenience stores in Floyd County, IA

How Floyd County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,185 of 2,261 scored counties
#32 of 60 scored counties in Iowa

Listings
5
3 chain locations (60%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$37.6M
On groceries · $5,778 a household
Spending per listing
$7.5M
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.7
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,901
−4.4% 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 Floyd County comes to about $37.6M a year: $5,778 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

There are 5 convenience stores on map listings in Floyd County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 60% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 7.7 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

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

Population estimates show Floyd County declined 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, Floyd County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #1,185 of 2,261 scored counties and #32 of 60 scored counties in Iowa.

How Floyd County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Floyd County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureFloyd CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.78.48.0
Spending per listing$7.5M$7.2M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a11,7473,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+67.2%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.4%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,778$6,036$6,319
Median household income$68,557$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score4851

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
53 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Floyd 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 Floyd County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,901−4.4% since 2020
Households
6,503
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
501 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$68,557+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,469
Median home value
$143,500
Jobs located here
5,655
Daytime population
13,778Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Floyd County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dallas County, IA94276.4$10.7M+17.8%#12 of 2,261
2Johnson County, IA84294.6$13.4M+4.6%#97 of 2,261
3Polk County, IA841527.4$8.5M+4.8%#108 of 2,261
4Warren County, IA84167.7$8.3M+9.0%#109 of 2,261
5Story County, IA83164.1$14.5M+2.7%#114 of 2,261
6Linn County, IA76666.9$8.9M+0.7%#279 of 2,261
7Pottawattamie County, IA71256.6$9M−0.7%#404 of 2,261
8Madison County, IA7169.0$7M+3.8%#413 of 2,261
9Washington County, IA7055.6$10.8M+0.6%#421 of 2,261
10Marion County, IA70107.5$8.1M+2.3%#434 of 2,261
32Floyd County, IA4857.7$7.5M−4.4%#1,185 of 2,261

Other business types in Floyd County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Floyd County, IA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 convenience stores in Floyd County. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Floyd County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Floyd County, IA spend on groceries?

About $37.6M a year, or $5,778 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7.5M 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 6,503 households in Floyd County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Floyd County, IA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Floyd County has 7.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7.5M, 5% 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 Floyd County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Floyd County at 14,901 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,503 households. The median household income in Floyd County is $68,557 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% 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. Floyd County scores 48 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,185 of 2,261 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Floyd County

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