Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Convenience stores in the East Stroudsburg, PA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the East Stroudsburg, PA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #60 of 529 scored small-town markets
#4 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 48
- 31 chain locations (65%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $415M
- On groceries · $6,779 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.6M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 167,179
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 convenience stores in the East Stroudsburg area. Of those, 31 are chain locations, or 65%, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 2% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in the East Stroudsburg area spend about $415M a year on groceries, or $6,779 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $8.6M per store, 10% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the East Stroudsburg area was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 4,081 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the East Stroudsburg area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, the East Stroudsburg area has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #60 of 529 scored small-town markets and #4 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the East Stroudsburg area 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.
| Measure | East Stroudsburg area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.6M | $8.7M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,081 | 3,482 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +27.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,779 | $6,738 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $83,565 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 155
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4831 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 53The 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 the East Stroudsburg area, 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 the East Stroudsburg area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 167,179−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 61,212
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 608 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 275
- Median household income
- $83,565+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,906
- Median home value
- $267,600
- Jobs located here
- 50,869
- Daytime population
- 150,408Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Pennsylvania for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the East Stroudsburg area marked.
Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lock Haven, PA | 79 | 12 | 7.8 | $7.9M | +1.3% | #29 of 529 |
| 2Lewisburg, PA | 77 | 10 | 6.9 | $9.6M | −0.8% | #37 of 529 |
| 3Hemlock Farms, PA | 77 | 26 | 10.7 | $6.3M | +7.2% | #45 of 529 |
| 4East Stroudsburg, PA | 73 | 48 | 7.8 | $8.6M | −0.7% | #60 of 529 |
| 5Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 73 | 25 | 9.5 | $6.6M | +2.3% | #67 of 529 |
| 6Somerset, PA | 72 | 24 | 8.2 | $7.5M | −2.7% | #71 of 529 |
| 7St. Marys, PA | 69 | 9 | 6.8 | $9.2M | −3.3% | #93 of 529 |
| 8Pottsville, PA | 69 | 48 | 8.3 | $7.6M | +1.5% | #95 of 529 |
| 9Hermitage, PA | 67 | 37 | 8.0 | $7.7M | −2.4% | #109 of 529 |
| 10DuBois, PA | 67 | 29 | 8.9 | $6.9M | −2.9% | #112 of 529 |
Other business types in the East Stroudsburg area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores72
- Grocery stores69
- Convenience stores73
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 the East Stroudsburg, PA area?
There are 48 convenience stores on map listings in the East Stroudsburg area as of September 2026. 31 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the East Stroudsburg, PA area spend on groceries?
About $415M a year, or $6,779 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 61,212 households in the East Stroudsburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the East Stroudsburg, PA area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The East Stroudsburg area has 7.8 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.6M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the East Stroudsburg area would have about 53, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,081 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the East Stroudsburg, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the East Stroudsburg area at 167,179 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,212 households. Median household income in the East Stroudsburg area is $83,565, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 East Stroudsburg area scores 73 for convenience stores (upper middle), #60 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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