Groundwork

Groceries and convenience · County · Missouri

Convenience stores in Macon County, MO

How Macon County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$33.5M
On groceries · $5,517 a household
Spending per listing
$11.2M
42% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.9
39% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,190
−0.1% since 2020

See the convenience stores around any address in Macon County

The site report maps the convenience stores on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Macon County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $5,517 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Macon County spend about $33.5M a year on groceries. That is about $11.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 42% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

There are 3 convenience stores on map listings in Macon County as of September 2026. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Macon County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Macon County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 convenience stores on map listings, Macon County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Macon County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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.

Convenience stores in Macon County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureMacon CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.98.28.0
Spending per listing$11.2M$7.3M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a8,3053,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+33.0%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,517$5,947$6,319
Median household income$62,357$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

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
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Macon 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 Macon County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,190−0.1% since 2020
Households
6,067
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
801 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$62,357+45.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,915
Median home value
$149,100
Jobs located here
4,836
Daytime population
14,399Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Macon 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.

Or open the report at the center of Macon County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Convenience stores across Missouri

Every Missouri market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Macon County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Platte County, MO92214.8$13.8M+6.7%#20 of 2,261
2Christian County, MO90144.0$15.5M+8.3%#33 of 2,261
3Clay County, MO87636.2$10.3M+4.3%#71 of 2,261
4St. Charles County, MO871267.8$8.6M+4.9%#74 of 2,261
5Cass County, MO86276.2$10.1M+7.1%#84 of 2,261
6Lincoln County, MO85167.0$8.8M+11.4%#92 of 2,261
7Warren County, MO79117.9$7.8M+9.2%#202 of 2,261
8Jefferson County, MO75778.7$7.1M+2.7%#307 of 2,261
9St. Louis County, MO742596.3$10.2M−1.2%#315 of 2,261
10Boone County, MO74567.3$8.2M+4.2%#323 of 2,261
Macon County, MONot scored34.9$11.2M−0.1%

Other business types in Macon County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Macon County, MO?

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 convenience stores in Macon County. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Macon County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Macon County, MO spend on groceries?

About $33.5M a year, or $5,517 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $11.2M 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 6,067 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Macon County, MO compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Macon County has 4.9 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $11.2M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Macon County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Macon County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Macon County at 15,190 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,067 households. The median household income in Macon County is $62,357 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 45.9% 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. Macon County has no market score for convenience stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Macon 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.

How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Macon County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Macon County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Macon County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.