Groceries and convenience · County · Michigan
Convenience stores in St. Joseph County, MI
How St. Joseph 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,022 of 2,261 scored counties
#30 of 75 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 22
- 14 chain locations (64%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $135M
- On groceries · $5,715 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 60,968
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 convenience stores in St. Joseph County. 14 of them (64%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That is 9.3 per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in St. Joseph County spend about $135M a year on groceries, or $5,715 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in St. Joseph County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 4,724 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $264K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in St. Joseph County.
Population estimates show St. Joseph County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). St. Joseph County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,022 of 2,261 scored counties and #30 of 75 scored counties in Michigan.
How St. Joseph 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 | St. Joseph County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $8.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,724 | 4,841 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,715 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,425 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $327K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2214 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $264K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 60,968+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 23,620
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 501 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 122
- Median household income
- $66,425+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,433
- Median home value
- $178,300
- Jobs located here
- 19,267
- Daytime population
- 52,362Residents 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 |
| 30St. Joseph County, MI | 53 | 22 | 9.3 | $6.1M | +0.1% | #1,022 of 2,261 |
Other business types in St. Joseph County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores49
- Grocery stores48
- Convenience stores53
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 St. Joseph County, MI?
There are 22 convenience stores on map listings in St. Joseph County as of September 2026. 14 of them (64%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in St. Joseph County, MI spend on groceries?
About $135M a year, or $5,715 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.1M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,620 households in St. Joseph County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Joseph County, MI compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
St. Joseph County has 9.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.1M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, St. Joseph County would have about 17, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,724 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is St. Joseph County, MI growing?
Population estimates put St. Joseph County at 60,968 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,620 households. Median household income in St. Joseph County is $66,425, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.5%, 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. St. Joseph County scores 53 for convenience stores (upper middle), #1,022 of 2,261 scored counties.
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