Groceries and convenience · County · Minnesota
Convenience stores in Rice County, MN
How Rice County, MN 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 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #150 of 2,261 scored counties
#12 of 63 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 17
- 12 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $146M
- On groceries · $6,214 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.6M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 69,939
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Rice County scores 81 (high) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #150 of 2,261 scored counties and #12 of 63 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for convenience stores.
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 convenience stores in Rice County. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 71%, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, 10% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Rice County comes to about $146M a year: $6,214 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 9% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Rice County in 2023. That is one for every 7,831 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates show Rice County grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Rice County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Rice County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.6M | $8.6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,831 | 15,284 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.4% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,214 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $83,181 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 8
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $173K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1712 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Rice 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 Rice County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,939+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,493
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 496 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 137
- Median household income
- $83,181+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,276
- Median home value
- $320,200
- Jobs located here
- 25,685
- Daytime population
- 60,549Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, MN | 92 | 66 | 6.3 | $11.2M | +6.9% | #22 of 2,261 |
| 2Dakota County, MN | 91 | 102 | 5.8 | $11.6M | +3.9% | #28 of 2,261 |
| 3Sherburne County, MN | 89 | 23 | 6.5 | $10.4M | +6.8% | #46 of 2,261 |
| 4Scott County, MN | 89 | 39 | 7.1 | $10M | +5.1% | #48 of 2,261 |
| 5Carver County, MN | 89 | 31 | 7.5 | $9.6M | +6.6% | #50 of 2,261 |
| 6Anoka County, MN | 88 | 99 | 7.2 | $9.2M | +4.7% | #64 of 2,261 |
| 7Olmsted County, MN | 85 | 40 | 6.0 | $11.1M | +2.3% | #90 of 2,261 |
| 8Wright County, MN | 85 | 51 | 9.4 | $7.1M | +11.1% | #95 of 2,261 |
| 9Le Sueur County, MN | 84 | 6 | 5.2 | $12.4M | +2.9% | #99 of 2,261 |
| 10Hennepin County, MN | 83 | 235 | 4.4 | $15.3M | +0.2% | #112 of 2,261 |
| 12Rice County, MN | 81 | 17 | 7.2 | $8.6M | +4.2% | #150 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Rice County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores76
- Grocery stores80
- Convenience stores81
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 Rice County, MN?
Rice County has 17 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Rice County, MN spend on groceries?
About $146M a year, or $6,214 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,493 households in Rice County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rice County, MN compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Rice County has 7.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.6M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Rice County would have about 19, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,831 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Rice County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Rice County at 69,939 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,493 households. Median household income in Rice County is $83,181, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Rice County scores 81 for convenience stores (high), #150 of 2,261 scored counties.
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