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Convenience stores in Henry County, IA
The convenience stores in Henry County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $44.3M
- On groceries · $5,790 a household
- Spending per listing
- $22.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 19,349
- −5.4% since 2020
See the convenience stores around any address in Henry County
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Henry County comes to about $44.3M a year: $5,790 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 convenience stores, that is $22.1M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Henry County has 2 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Henry County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Henry County declined 5.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 convenience stores on map listings, Henry County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Henry 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.
| Measure | Henry County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 8.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $22.1M | $7.2M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 11,747 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +67.2% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.4% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,790 | $6,036 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,436 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 51 |
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
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Henry 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 Henry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,349−5.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,644
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 434 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $67,436+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,722
- Median home value
- $164,300
- Jobs located here
- 8,724
- Daytime population
- 19,734Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Henry County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the convenience stores on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Henry County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 94 | 27 | 6.4 | $10.7M | +17.8% | #12 of 2,261 |
| 2Johnson County, IA | 84 | 29 | 4.6 | $13.4M | +4.6% | #97 of 2,261 |
| 3Polk County, IA | 84 | 152 | 7.4 | $8.5M | +4.8% | #108 of 2,261 |
| 4Warren County, IA | 84 | 16 | 7.7 | $8.3M | +9.0% | #109 of 2,261 |
| 5Story County, IA | 83 | 16 | 4.1 | $14.5M | +2.7% | #114 of 2,261 |
| 6Linn County, IA | 76 | 66 | 6.9 | $8.9M | +0.7% | #279 of 2,261 |
| 7Pottawattamie County, IA | 71 | 25 | 6.6 | $9M | −0.7% | #404 of 2,261 |
| 8Madison County, IA | 71 | 6 | 9.0 | $7M | +3.8% | #413 of 2,261 |
| 9Washington County, IA | 70 | 5 | 5.6 | $10.8M | +0.6% | #421 of 2,261 |
| 10Marion County, IA | 70 | 10 | 7.5 | $8.1M | +2.3% | #434 of 2,261 |
| Henry County, IA | Not scored | 2 | 2.6 | $22.1M | −5.4% |
Other business types in Henry County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores41
- Grocery stores26
- Convenience stores
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 Henry County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 convenience stores in Henry County. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Henry County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Henry County, IA spend on groceries?
About $44.3M a year, or $5,790 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $22.1M 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 7,644 households in Henry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Henry County, IA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Henry County has 2 convenience stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Henry County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Henry County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Henry County at 19,349 people in 2025, down 5.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,644 households. The median household income in Henry County is $67,436 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.1% 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. 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. Henry County has no market score for convenience stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Henry County. It maps the convenience stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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