Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Pennsylvania
Convenience stores in the Sayre, PA area
How the Sayre, 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #333 of 529 scored small-town markets
#20 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 37
- 30 chain locations (81%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $154.8M
- On groceries · $6,291 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.0
- 88% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,600
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 convenience stores in the Sayre area. 30 of them (81%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 15.0 for every 10,000 households, 88% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $6,291 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Sayre area spend about $154.8M a year on groceries. Spread across 37 convenience stores, that is $4.2M per store, 47% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Sayre area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in the Sayre area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, the Sayre area has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #333 of 529 scored small-town markets and #20 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania.
How the Sayre 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 | Sayre area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.0 | 7.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $8.7M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,482 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +27.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,291 | $6,738 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $63,675 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 55 |
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
- 3730 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Sayre 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 Sayre area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,600−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 24,610
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,147 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $63,675+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,904
- Median home value
- $187,500
- Jobs located here
- 22,664
- Daytime population
- 55,851Residents 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 |
| 20Sayre, PA | 45 | 37 | 15.0 | $4.2M | −0.6% | #333 of 529 |
Other business types in the Sayre area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores41
- Grocery stores47
- Convenience stores45
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 Sayre, PA area?
There are 37 convenience stores on map listings in the Sayre area as of September 2026. 30 of them (81%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in the Sayre area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Sayre, PA area spend on groceries?
About $154.8M a year, or $6,291 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,610 households in the Sayre area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sayre, PA area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Sayre area has 15.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 88% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.2M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Sayre area would have about 20, against 37 on map listings.
How fast is the Sayre, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Sayre area at 59,600 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,610 households. Median household income in the Sayre area is $63,675, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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 Sayre area scores 45 for convenience stores (lower middle), #333 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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