Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Convenience stores in the Hemlock Farms, PA area
The convenience stores in the Hemlock Farms, PA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #45 of 529 scored small-town markets
#3 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 26
- 20 chain locations (77%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $164.9M
- On groceries · $6,797 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.3M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,808
- +7.2% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, the Hemlock Farms area has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #45 of 529 scored small-town markets and #3 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for convenience stores.
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 convenience stores in the Hemlock Farms area. 20 of them (77%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.7, 34% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $6,797 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in the Hemlock Farms area spend about $164.9M a year on groceries. Spread across 26 convenience stores, that is $6.3M per store, 19% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Hemlock Farms area in 2023. That is one for every 4,044 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hemlock Farms area grew 7.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Hemlock Farms 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 | Hemlock Farms area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.3M | $8.7M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,044 | 3,482 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +27.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.2% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,797 | $6,738 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $81,323 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $207K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2620 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Hemlock Farms 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 Hemlock Farms area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,808+7.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,262
- Median age
- 48.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 111
- Median household income
- $81,323
- Average household income
- $103,925
- Median home value
- $272,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,281
- Daytime population
- 47,601Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Hemlock Farms area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores85
- Grocery stores91
- Convenience stores77
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 Hemlock Farms, PA area?
The Hemlock Farms area has 26 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (77%) 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 the Hemlock Farms, PA area spend on groceries?
About $164.9M a year, or $6,797 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.3M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,262 households in the Hemlock Farms area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hemlock Farms, PA area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Hemlock Farms area has 10.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.3M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Hemlock Farms area would have about 21, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,044 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hemlock Farms, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Hemlock Farms area at 62,808 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,262 households. Median household income in the Hemlock Farms area is $81,323, in line with 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. 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 Hemlock Farms area scores 77 for convenience stores (high), #45 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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