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Convenience stores in Lake County, OR

The convenience stores in Lake County, OR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
11
6 chain locations (55%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$18.7M
On groceries · $5,380 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
78% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
31.6
4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,187
+0.2% 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

Household spending on groceries in Lake County comes to about $18.7M a year: $5,380 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 78% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Lake County has 11 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 55%, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 31.6, 4 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Lake County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Lake County grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Lake County compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Lake County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureLake CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households31.68.08.0
Spending per listing$1.7M$7.7M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,7623,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.4%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,380$6,152$6,319
Median household income$62,787$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored34

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
116 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Lake 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 Lake County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,187+0.2% since 2020
Households
3,480
Median age
45.3
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
8,139 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$62,787
Average household income
$72,368
Median home value
$219,500
Jobs located here
2,453
Daytime population
7,906Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Oregon

Every Oregon market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Lake County marked.

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbia County, OR7994.3$14.2M+2.6%#182 of 2,261
2Deschutes County, OR77495.8$11.1M+6.8%#245 of 2,261
3Washington County, OR711275.4$12.4M+1.8%#392 of 2,261
4Clackamas County, OR68885.4$12.3M+0.9%#476 of 2,261
5Benton County, OR65266.7$8.9M+4.4%#574 of 2,261
6Polk County, OR61257.6$8.1M+2.3%#712 of 2,261
7Jefferson County, OR5677.9$7.4M+4.7%#892 of 2,261
8Yamhill County, OR55348.7$7.2M+2.2%#929 of 2,261
9Crook County, OR541211.1$5.5M+10.6%#991 of 2,261
10Marion County, OR521028.0$7.5M+2.7%#1,049 of 2,261
Lake County, ORNot scored1131.6$1.7M+0.2%

Other business types in Lake 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 Lake County, OR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 convenience stores in Lake County. 6 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Lake County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Lake County, OR spend on groceries?

About $18.7M a year, or $5,380 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 3,480 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lake County, OR compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Lake County has 31.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $1.7M, 78% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Lake County would have about 2, against 11 on map listings.

How fast is Lake County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Lake County at 8,187 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,480 households. The median household income in Lake County is $62,787 a year, 22% 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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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Lake County

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