Groceries and convenience · County · Michigan
Convenience stores in Manistee County, MI
How Manistee 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,812 of 2,261 scored counties
#62 of 75 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 21
- 7 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $60.4M
- On groceries · $5,717 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.9
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,656
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Manistee County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,812 of 2,261 scored counties and #62 of 75 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 convenience stores in Manistee County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 19.9 per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Manistee County comes to about $60.4M a year: $5,717 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per store, 64% 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 Manistee County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates show Manistee County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Manistee 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 | Manistee County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.9 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $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 | +2.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,717 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $63,516 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 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
- 217 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Manistee 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 Manistee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,656+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 10,561
- Median age
- 49.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 542 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $63,516+26.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,176
- Median home value
- $182,200
- Jobs located here
- 6,248
- Daytime population
- 23,225Residents 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 |
| 62Manistee County, MI | 30 | 21 | 19.9 | $2.9M | +2.3% | #1,812 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Manistee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores35
- Grocery stores29
- Convenience stores30
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 Manistee County, MI?
There are 21 convenience stores on map listings in Manistee County as of September 2026. 7 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Manistee County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Manistee County, MI spend on groceries?
About $60.4M a year, or $5,717 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,561 households in Manistee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Manistee County, MI compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Manistee County has 19.9 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $2.9M, 64% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Manistee County would have about 8, against 21 on map listings.
How fast is Manistee County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Manistee County at 25,656 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,561 households. Median household income in Manistee County is $63,516, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.9%, 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. Manistee County scores 30 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,812 of 2,261 scored counties.
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