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Convenience stores in Emmons County, ND

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Emmons County, ND, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.7M
On groceries · $5,726 a household
Spending per listing
$8.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
6.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
3,215
−2.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 convenience store in Emmons County. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on groceries in Emmons County comes to about $8.7M a year: $5,726 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8.7M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Emmons County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Emmons County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Emmons County compares

The same measures for North Dakota 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 Emmons County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureEmmons CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.59.98.0
Spending per listing$8.7M$6.1M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a22,0713,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,726$6,077$6,319
Median household income$66,538$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored53

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
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Emmons 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 Emmons County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,215−2.4% since 2020
Households
1,528
Median age
52.7
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
1,508 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$66,538
Average household income
$85,791
Median home value
$117,200
Jobs located here
918
Daytime population
2,986Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for convenience stores, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Emmons County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cass County, ND88516.1$10M+9.1%#61 of 2,261
2Burleigh County, ND81307.3$8.7M+4.7%#149 of 2,261
3Morton County, ND74117.9$7.8M+3.8%#325 of 2,261
4Williams County, ND63159.9$6.4M+1.4%#660 of 2,261
5Grand Forks County, ND513410.9$5.4M+1.9%#1,094 of 2,261
6Stark County, ND491611.8$5.2M+0.5%#1,166 of 2,261
7Stutsman County, ND4888.5$6.7M−0.6%#1,188 of 2,261
8Ward County, ND443311.6$5.3M−2.4%#1,333 of 2,261
9Richland County, ND421014.6$4.1M+1.2%#1,424 of 2,261
10McKenzie County, ND411220.0$3.3M+2.8%#1,464 of 2,261
Emmons County, NDNot scored16.5$8.7M−2.4%

Other business types in Emmons County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Emmons County, ND?

There is 1 convenience store on map listings in Emmons County as of September 2026. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Emmons County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Emmons County, ND spend on groceries?

About $8.7M a year, or $5,726 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 convenience store on map listings, it comes to $8.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,528 households in Emmons County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Emmons County, ND compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Emmons County has 1 convenience store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending.

How fast is Emmons County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Emmons County at 3,215 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,528 households. Median household income in Emmons County is $66,538, 18% 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.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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