Groceries and convenience · County · Michigan
Convenience stores in Huron County, MI
How Huron County, MI 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,988 of 2,261 scored counties
#70 of 75 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 19
- 3 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $78.6M
- On groceries · $5,551 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.4
- 68% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,530
- −2.7% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Huron County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,988 of 2,261 scored counties and #70 of 75 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $5,551 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Huron County spend about $78.6M a year on groceries. That works out to $4.1M per store, 48% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Huron County has 19 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 13.4 per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Huron County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Huron County declined 2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Huron County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Huron County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.4 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $8.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,841 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.7% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,551 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $58,870 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 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
- 193 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 Huron 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 Huron County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,530−2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 14,150
- Median age
- 48.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 836 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $58,870+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,624
- Median home value
- $154,300
- Jobs located here
- 11,589
- Daytime population
- 29,753Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ottawa County, MI | 87 | 62 | 5.6 | $11.5M | +3.9% | #69 of 2,261 |
| 2Livingston County, MI | 86 | 30 | 3.9 | $17.2M | +1.7% | #78 of 2,261 |
| 3Kent County, MI | 83 | 125 | 4.9 | $12.8M | +2.5% | #115 of 2,261 |
| 4Oakland County, MI | 82 | 193 | 3.6 | $18.3M | +1.2% | #125 of 2,261 |
| 5Washtenaw County, MI | 80 | 50 | 3.3 | $19.4M | −0.4% | #158 of 2,261 |
| 6Monroe County, MI | 80 | 25 | 4.0 | $15.4M | +0.7% | #159 of 2,261 |
| 7Leelanau County, MI | 77 | 8 | 8.3 | $8M | +3.0% | #257 of 2,261 |
| 8Clinton County, MI | 76 | 14 | 4.4 | $14.4M | +1.6% | #268 of 2,261 |
| 9Macomb County, MI | 73 | 167 | 4.7 | $13.1M | +0.7% | #339 of 2,261 |
| 10Lapeer County, MI | 73 | 25 | 7.2 | $8.5M | +1.0% | #349 of 2,261 |
| 70Huron County, MI | 22 | 19 | 13.4 | $4.1M | −2.7% | #1,988 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Huron County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores31
- Grocery stores29
- Convenience stores22
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 Huron County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 convenience stores in Huron County. 3 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Huron County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Huron County, MI spend on groceries?
About $78.6M a year, or $5,551 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 14,150 households in Huron County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Huron County, MI compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Huron County has 13.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.1M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Huron County would have about 10, against 19 on map listings.
How fast is Huron County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Huron County at 30,530 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,150 households. The median household income in Huron County is $58,870 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. Huron County scores 22 for convenience stores (low), #1,988 of 2,261 scored counties.
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