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Convenience stores in Crawford County, PA

How Crawford County, PA 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #798 of 2,261 scored counties
#41 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
31
20 chain locations (65%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$206.1M
On groceries · $6,092 a household
Spending per listing
$6.6M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.2
15% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
81,792
−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

As of September 2026, map listings count 31 convenience stores in Crawford County. Chain locations make up 65% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.2, 15% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Crawford County spend about $206.1M a year on groceries, or $6,092 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Crawford County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 5,640 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Crawford County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, Crawford County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #798 of 2,261 scored counties and #41 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania.

How Crawford County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Crawford County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.27.78.0
Spending per listing$6.6M$8.7M$7.9M
Households per official establishment5,6403,4823,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+27.0%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,092$6,738$6,319
Median household income$60,476$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score5955

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 6
Employees, 2023
40
Annual payroll, 2023
$832K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3120 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County

Population, 2025 estimate
81,792−2.4% since 2020
Households
33,838
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,012 sq. mi.
People per square mile
82
Median household income
$60,476+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,870
Median home value
$153,200
Jobs located here
28,045
Daytime population
77,378Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Pennsylvania

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

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chester County, PA881236.0$13.1M+4.2%#54 of 2,261
2Cumberland County, PA88767.1$9.8M+6.5%#62 of 2,261
3Franklin County, PA86406.3$10.6M+3.0%#83 of 2,261
4Adams County, PA84276.6$10.3M+3.6%#103 of 2,261
5York County, PA841377.5$9.1M+3.6%#107 of 2,261
6Lancaster County, PA831487.0$10M+1.9%#120 of 2,261
7Butler County, PA83698.5$8.2M+3.2%#122 of 2,261
8Lebanon County, PA80356.2$10.8M+2.2%#166 of 2,261
9Northampton County, PA78927.5$9.3M+3.7%#224 of 2,261
10Montgomery County, PA762216.6$11.6M+2.4%#272 of 2,261
41Crawford County, PA59319.2$6.6M−2.4%#798 of 2,261

Other business types in Crawford County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Crawford County, PA?

Crawford County has 31 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Crawford County, PA spend on groceries?

About $206.1M a year, or $6,092 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,838 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crawford County, PA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Crawford County has 9.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.6M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Crawford County would have about 26, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,640 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Crawford County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 81,792 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,838 households. Median household income in Crawford County is $60,476, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.2%, 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. Crawford County scores 59 for convenience stores (upper middle), #798 of 2,261 scored counties.

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 Crawford County

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