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Convenience stores in Pondera County, MT
The convenience stores in Pondera County, MT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.2M
- On groceries · $5,387 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.2
- 65% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,072
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Pondera County comes to about $12.2M a year: $5,387 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 48% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Pondera County has 3 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 13.2 for every 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Pondera County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $300K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Pondera County.
Population estimates put the population change in Pondera County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Pondera County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Pondera County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.2 | 8.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $6.9M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 16,388 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,387 | $5,881 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $52,338 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 56 |
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
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $300K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Pondera 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 Pondera County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,072+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 2,268
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,625 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $52,338
- Average household income
- $72,767
- Median home value
- $206,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,539
- Daytime population
- 5,599Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gallatin County, MT | 87 | 39 | 7.6 | $8.4M | +7.7% | #75 of 2,261 |
| 2Ravalli County, MT | 82 | 8 | 4.3 | $13.6M | +9.4% | #127 of 2,261 |
| 3Missoula County, MT | 78 | 32 | 6.1 | $9.8M | +4.4% | #222 of 2,261 |
| 4Lewis and Clark County, MT | 78 | 22 | 7.0 | $8.6M | +5.8% | #228 of 2,261 |
| 5Flathead County, MT | 76 | 33 | 7.5 | $7.9M | +10.1% | #281 of 2,261 |
| 6Yellowstone County, MT | 66 | 66 | 9.4 | $6.4M | +4.5% | #563 of 2,261 |
| 7Lincoln County, MT | 62 | 6 | 6.6 | $7.9M | +13.1% | #679 of 2,261 |
| 8Park County, MT | 62 | 8 | 9.6 | $6.1M | +5.7% | #695 of 2,261 |
| 9Lake County, MT | 61 | 11 | 8.7 | $6.5M | +6.9% | #727 of 2,261 |
| 10Cascade County, MT | 53 | 29 | 8.1 | $7M | +0.7% | #1,013 of 2,261 |
| Pondera County, MT | Not scored | 3 | 13.2 | $4.1M | +3.2% |
Other business types in Pondera County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Pondera County, MT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 convenience stores in Pondera County. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Pondera County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Pondera County, MT spend on groceries?
About $12.2M a year, or $5,387 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 2,268 households in Pondera County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pondera County, MT compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Pondera County has 13.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.1M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Pondera County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Pondera County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Pondera County at 6,072 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,268 households. The median household income in Pondera County is $52,338 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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