Groceries and convenience · County · Nevada
Convenience stores in Lyon County, NV
How Lyon County, NV 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #604 of 2,261 scored counties
#4 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 26
- 15 chain locations (58%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $142.1M
- On groceries · $5,986 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.9
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,088
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,986 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Lyon County spend about $142.1M 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 26 convenience stores on map listings in Lyon County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 58% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.9, 36% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Lyon County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 4,749 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Lyon County.
Population estimates show Lyon County grew 9.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lyon County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #604 of 2,261 scored counties and #4 of 9 scored counties in Nevada.
How Lyon County compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Lyon County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.9 | 8.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $7.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,749 | 3,446 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.5% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,986 | $6,037 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $80,812 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $813K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2615 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Lyon 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 Lyon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,088+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 23,745
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 2,003 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $80,812+42.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,025
- Median home value
- $366,100
- Jobs located here
- 13,009
- Daytime population
- 46,726Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washoe County, NV | 70 | 138 | 6.9 | $9.1M | +4.4% | #429 of 2,261 |
| 2Clark County, NV | 68 | 712 | 8.3 | $7.3M | +5.8% | #489 of 2,261 |
| 3Nye County, NV | 67 | 20 | 9.0 | $6.2M | +10.3% | #536 of 2,261 |
| 4Lyon County, NV | 65 | 26 | 10.9 | $5.5M | +9.5% | #604 of 2,261 |
| 5Douglas County, NV | 63 | 13 | 6.1 | $10.4M | +1.2% | #640 of 2,261 |
| 6Elko County, NV | 55 | 23 | 11.7 | $5.2M | +2.1% | #953 of 2,261 |
| 7Carson City, NV | 47 | 19 | 8.0 | $7.3M | −0.2% | #1,225 of 2,261 |
| 8Churchill County, NV | 38 | 12 | 12.6 | $4.7M | +1.1% | #1,551 of 2,261 |
| 9Humboldt County, NV | 29 | 10 | 14.5 | $4.1M | 0.0% | #1,825 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Lyon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores70
- Grocery stores73
- Convenience stores65
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 Lyon County, NV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 convenience stores in Lyon County. 15 of them (58%) 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 Lyon County, NV spend on groceries?
About $142.1M a year, or $5,986 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 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 23,745 households in Lyon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lyon County, NV compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Lyon County has 10.9 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 36% 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, Lyon County would have about 18, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,749 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Lyon County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Lyon County at 65,088 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,745 households. The median household income in Lyon County is $80,812 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.1% 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. Lyon County scores 65 for convenience stores (upper middle), #604 of 2,261 scored counties.
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