Groceries and convenience · County · North Dakota
Convenience stores in Ward County, ND
How Ward County, ND 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,333 of 2,261 scored counties
#8 of 11 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 33
- 21 chain locations (64%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $175.2M
- On groceries · $6,133 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.3M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 68,233
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Ward County comes to about $175.2M a year: $6,133 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 33 convenience stores, that is $5.3M per store, 33% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 33 convenience stores on map listings in Ward County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 64% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 11.6 per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Ward County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Ward County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, Ward County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #1,333 of 2,261 scored counties and #8 of 11 scored counties in North Dakota.
How Ward 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.
| Measure | Ward County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 9.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.3M | $6.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 22,071 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,133 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $78,238 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 53 |
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
- 3321 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Ward 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 Ward County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,233−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 28,568
- Median age
- 35.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,013 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $78,238+13.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,307
- Median home value
- $267,100
- Jobs located here
- 30,323
- Daytime population
- 68,012Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Ward County?
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for convenience stores, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Ward County marked.
Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, ND | 88 | 51 | 6.1 | $10M | +9.1% | #61 of 2,261 |
| 2Burleigh County, ND | 81 | 30 | 7.3 | $8.7M | +4.7% | #149 of 2,261 |
| 3Morton County, ND | 74 | 11 | 7.9 | $7.8M | +3.8% | #325 of 2,261 |
| 4Williams County, ND | 63 | 15 | 9.9 | $6.4M | +1.4% | #660 of 2,261 |
| 5Grand Forks County, ND | 51 | 34 | 10.9 | $5.4M | +1.9% | #1,094 of 2,261 |
| 6Stark County, ND | 49 | 16 | 11.8 | $5.2M | +0.5% | #1,166 of 2,261 |
| 7Stutsman County, ND | 48 | 8 | 8.5 | $6.7M | −0.6% | #1,188 of 2,261 |
| 8Ward County, ND | 44 | 33 | 11.6 | $5.3M | −2.4% | #1,333 of 2,261 |
| 9Richland County, ND | 42 | 10 | 14.6 | $4.1M | +1.2% | #1,424 of 2,261 |
| 10McKenzie County, ND | 41 | 12 | 20.0 | $3.3M | +2.8% | #1,464 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Ward County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores62
- Grocery stores68
- Convenience stores44
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 Ward County, ND?
As of September 2026, map listings count 33 convenience stores in Ward County. 21 of them (64%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Ward County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Ward County, ND spend on groceries?
About $175.2M a year, or $6,133 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.3M 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 28,568 households in Ward County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ward County, ND compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Ward County has 11.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.3M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Ward County would have about 22, against 33 on map listings.
How fast is Ward County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Ward County at 68,233 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 28,568 households. The median household income in Ward County is $78,238 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.6% 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. Ward County scores 44 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,333 of 2,261 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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