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Convenience stores in Charles Mix County, SD

The convenience stores in Charles Mix County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
10
1 chain location (10%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$17.4M
On groceries · $5,731 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
78% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
33.0
4.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,303
−0.5% 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 $5,731 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Charles Mix County spend about $17.4M a year on groceries. That works out to $1.7M per store, 78% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

There are 10 convenience stores on map listings in Charles Mix County as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.0, 4.1 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Charles Mix County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Charles Mix County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Charles Mix County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Charles Mix County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureCharles Mix CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households33.012.18.0
Spending per listing$1.7M$5M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a11,0773,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,731$6,012$6,319
Median household income$64,038$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

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
101 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Charles Mix 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 Charles Mix County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,303−0.5% since 2020
Households
3,032
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
1,097 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$64,038
Average household income
$84,687
Median home value
$170,600
Jobs located here
3,366
Daytime population
9,404Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for convenience stores, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Charles Mix County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD92186.5$10.3M+17.5%#23 of 2,261
2Brookings County, SD74118.0$7.4M+9.6%#328 of 2,261
3Lawrence County, SD68119.1$6.4M+14.0%#499 of 2,261
4Minnehaha County, SD678910.5$5.8M+7.6%#539 of 2,261
5Pennington County, SD666012.9$4.6M+6.6%#568 of 2,261
6Yankton County, SD6577.2$8.2M+1.5%#580 of 2,261
7Meade County, SD581310.9$5.6M+2.7%#839 of 2,261
8Codington County, SD551512.0$4.9M+4.3%#957 of 2,261
9Hughes County, SD5379.7$6.3M−0.9%#1,018 of 2,261
10Davison County, SD5089.0$6.4M+0.6%#1,121 of 2,261
Charles Mix County, SDNot scored1033.0$1.7M−0.5%

Other business types in Charles Mix County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Charles Mix County, SD?

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 convenience stores in Charles Mix County. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Charles Mix County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Charles Mix County, SD spend on groceries?

About $17.4M a year, or $5,731 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 3,032 households in Charles Mix County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Charles Mix County, SD compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Charles Mix County has 33.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4.1 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $1.7M, 78% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Charles Mix County would have about 2, against 10 on map listings.

How fast is Charles Mix County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Charles Mix County at 9,303 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,032 households. The median household income in Charles Mix County is $64,038 a year, 21% below 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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 Charles Mix County

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