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Convenience stores in St. Lawrence County, NY

How St. Lawrence County, NY 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,755 of 2,261 scored counties
#61 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
72
41 chain locations (57%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$258.8M
On groceries · $6,212 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
54% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.3
2.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
105,488
−2.5% since 2020

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

What this means

For convenience stores, St. Lawrence County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,755 of 2,261 scored counties and #61 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 72 convenience stores in St. Lawrence County. Chain locations make up 57% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 17.3 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in St. Lawrence County spend about $258.8M a year on groceries, or $6,212 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 72 convenience stores, that is $3.6M per store, 54% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in St. Lawrence County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 2,451 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 St. Lawrence County. Population estimates put the population change in St. Lawrence County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How St. Lawrence County compares

The same measures for New York 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 St. Lawrence County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Lawrence CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.36.18.0
Spending per listing$3.6M$11.5M$7.9M
Households per official establishment2,4511,8073,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+36.9%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,212$6,985$6,319
Median household income$62,850$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score3254

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 17
Employees, 2023
72
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
7241 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
33The 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 St. Lawrence 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 St. Lawrence County

Population, 2025 estimate
105,488−2.5% since 2020
Households
41,666
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
2,680 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$62,850+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,668
Median home value
$121,900
Jobs located here
32,561
Daytime population
102,579Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ontario County, NY81336.8$10M+0.6%#146 of 2,261
2Saratoga County, NY78949.2$7.9M+2.3%#232 of 2,261
3Westchester County, NY741293.5$22.4M+1.4%#310 of 2,261
4Rockland County, NY73514.9$15.3M+5.9%#336 of 2,261
5Cayuga County, NY72206.3$10M−2.3%#365 of 2,261
6Putnam County, NY71133.7$21.3M+1.4%#391 of 2,261
7Tompkins County, NY70317.2$9.3M−1.4%#427 of 2,261
8Orange County, NY691077.7$9.3M+4.2%#458 of 2,261
9Dutchess County, NY68685.8$12.5M+1.5%#475 of 2,261
10Sullivan County, NY66196.0$11M+2.7%#541 of 2,261
61St. Lawrence County, NY327217.3$3.6M−2.5%#1,755 of 2,261

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Questions

How many convenience stores are in St. Lawrence County, NY?

There are 72 convenience stores on map listings in St. Lawrence County as of September 2026. 41 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in St. Lawrence County, NY spend on groceries?

About $258.8M a year, or $6,212 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 72 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,666 households in St. Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Lawrence County, NY compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

St. Lawrence County has 17.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.6M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, St. Lawrence County would have about 33, against 72 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,451 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Lawrence County, NY growing?

Population estimates put St. Lawrence County at 105,488 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,666 households. Median household income in St. Lawrence County is $62,850, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. St. Lawrence County scores 32 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,755 of 2,261 scored counties.

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