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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Pennsylvania

Convenience stores in the Indiana, PA area

How the Indiana, PA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #181 of 529 scored small-town markets
#13 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania

Listings
34
18 chain locations (53%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$198.5M
On groceries · $6,110 a household
Spending per listing
$5.8M
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.5
31% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
82,878
−0.3% 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

At $6,110 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Indiana area spend about $198.5M a year on groceries. That works out to $5.8M per store, 26% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

There are 34 convenience stores on map listings in the Indiana area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 53% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.5, 31% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Indiana area in 2023. That is one for every 4,061 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Indiana area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, the Indiana area has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #181 of 529 scored small-town markets and #13 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania.

How the Indiana 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.

Convenience stores in Indiana, PA area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureIndiana areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.57.78.0
Spending per listing$5.8M$8.7M$7.9M
Households per official establishment4,0613,4823,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+27.0%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,110$6,738$6,319
Median household income$60,208$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score6055

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
100
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3418 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The 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 Indiana 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 Indiana area

Population, 2025 estimate
82,878−0.3% since 2020
Households
32,487
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
827 sq. mi.
People per square mile
100
Median household income
$60,208+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,985
Median home value
$152,800
Jobs located here
28,392
Daytime population
79,217Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Pennsylvania

Every Pennsylvania market ranked →

The highest-scoring small-town markets in Pennsylvania for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Indiana area marked.

Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania

Small-town markets in Pennsylvania ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lock Haven, PA79127.8$7.9M+1.3%#29 of 529
2Lewisburg, PA77106.9$9.6M−0.8%#37 of 529
3Hemlock Farms, PA772610.7$6.3M+7.2%#45 of 529
4East Stroudsburg, PA73487.8$8.6M−0.7%#60 of 529
5Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA73259.5$6.6M+2.3%#67 of 529
6Somerset, PA72248.2$7.5M−2.7%#71 of 529
7St. Marys, PA6996.8$9.2M−3.3%#93 of 529
8Pottsville, PA69488.3$7.6M+1.5%#95 of 529
9Hermitage, PA67378.0$7.7M−2.4%#109 of 529
10DuBois, PA67298.9$6.9M−2.9%#112 of 529
13Indiana, PA603410.5$5.8M−0.3%#181 of 529

Other business types in the Indiana area

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in the Indiana, PA area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 34 convenience stores in the Indiana area. 18 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Indiana, PA area spend on groceries?

About $198.5M a year, or $6,110 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.8M 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 32,487 households in the Indiana area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Indiana, PA area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

The Indiana area has 10.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.8M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Indiana area would have about 25, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,061 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is the Indiana, PA area growing?

Population estimates put the Indiana area at 82,878 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,487 households. The median household income in the Indiana area is $60,208 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.1% 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. 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 Indiana area scores 60 for convenience stores (upper middle), #181 of 529 scored small-town markets.

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 the Indiana area

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