Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Missouri
Convenience stores in the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #299 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 49
- 21 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $267.7M
- On groceries · $5,710 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 119,170
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in the St. Joseph metro area is 34 (lower middle), #299 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $5,710 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the St. Joseph metro area spend about $267.7M a year on groceries. That is about $5.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 49 convenience stores on map listings in the St. Joseph metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 10.5 for every 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the St. Joseph metro area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 9,377 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the St. Joseph metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the St. Joseph metro area 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.
| Measure | St. Joseph metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 8.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $7.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,377 | 8,305 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +33.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,710 | $5,947 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $65,005 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $235K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4921 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 the St. Joseph metro area, 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 the St. Joseph metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 119,170−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 46,883
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,656 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 72
- Median household income
- $65,005+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,665
- Median home value
- $171,300
- Jobs located here
- 53,778
- Daytime population
- 120,693Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kansas City, MO-KS | 79 | 520 | 5.8 | $10.8M | +3.4% | #23 of 387 |
| 2Springfield, MO | 68 | 132 | 6.6 | $8.7M | +5.1% | #71 of 387 |
| 3Columbia, MO | 67 | 69 | 8.0 | $7.5M | +3.9% | #79 of 387 |
| 4St. Louis, MO-IL | 61 | 849 | 7.3 | $8.5M | −0.2% | #121 of 387 |
| 5Jefferson City, MO | 55 | 52 | 8.9 | $6.7M | +2.2% | #168 of 387 |
| 6Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 48 | 33 | 8.6 | $6.7M | +1.7% | #217 of 387 |
| 7Joplin, MO-KS | 44 | 86 | 10.8 | $5.2M | +3.9% | #241 of 387 |
| 8St. Joseph, MO-KS | 34 | 49 | 10.5 | $5.5M | −2.0% | #299 of 387 |
Other business types in the St. Joseph metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores20
- Convenience stores34
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 the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 49 convenience stores in the St. Joseph metro area. 21 of them (43%) 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 the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area spend on groceries?
About $267.7M a year, or $5,710 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 46,883 households in the St. Joseph metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The St. Joseph metro area has 10.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.5M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the St. Joseph metro area would have about 34, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,377 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the St. Joseph, MO-KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the St. Joseph metro area at 119,170 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 46,883 households. The median household income in the St. Joseph metro area is $65,005 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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. The St. Joseph metro area scores 34 for convenience stores (lower middle), #299 of 387 scored metro areas.
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