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Convenience stores in Hughes County, OK
The convenience stores in Hughes County, OK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,082 of 2,261 scored counties
#48 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $21.1M
- On groceries · $5,241 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.4
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,455
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Hughes County has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #2,082 of 2,261 scored counties and #48 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Hughes County spend about $21.1M a year on groceries, or $5,241 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 convenience stores, that is $3M per store, 62% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Hughes County has 7 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.4, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Hughes County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Hughes County grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hughes County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Hughes County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.4 | 11.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $5M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,491 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.3% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,241 | $5,787 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $51,581 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 40 |
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
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Hughes 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 Hughes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,455+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,034
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 805 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17
- Median household income
- $51,581+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,816
- Median home value
- $102,000
- Jobs located here
- 2,956
- Daytime population
- 11,504Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wagoner County, OK | 89 | 19 | 6.1 | $10.1M | +14.6% | #47 of 2,261 |
| 2Rogers County, OK | 86 | 19 | 5.2 | $11.9M | +7.1% | #81 of 2,261 |
| 3Canadian County, OK | 83 | 54 | 9.3 | $6.8M | +20.4% | #124 of 2,261 |
| 4Logan County, OK | 80 | 15 | 8.4 | $7.4M | +11.5% | #176 of 2,261 |
| 5Cleveland County, OK | 79 | 81 | 6.9 | $8.7M | +2.6% | #196 of 2,261 |
| 6Tulsa County, OK | 76 | 213 | 7.8 | $7.6M | +4.2% | #282 of 2,261 |
| 7McClain County, OK | 71 | 19 | 11.6 | $5.4M | +18.4% | #418 of 2,261 |
| 8Oklahoma County, OK | 66 | 327 | 10.0 | $5.9M | +3.0% | #566 of 2,261 |
| 9Washington County, OK | 65 | 14 | 6.7 | $8.6M | +2.7% | #577 of 2,261 |
| 10Osage County, OK | 63 | 12 | 6.9 | $8.3M | +2.2% | #648 of 2,261 |
| 48Hughes County, OK | 17 | 7 | 17.4 | $3M | +0.8% | #2,082 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Hughes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores14
- Grocery stores14
- Convenience stores17
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 Hughes County, OK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 convenience stores in Hughes County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Hughes County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hughes County, OK spend on groceries?
About $21.1M a year, or $5,241 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $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 4,034 households in Hughes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hughes County, OK compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Hughes County has 17.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3M, 62% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Hughes County would have about 3, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Hughes County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Hughes County at 13,455 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,034 households. The median household income in Hughes County is $51,581 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.0% 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. Hughes County scores 17 for convenience stores (low), #2,082 of 2,261 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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