Groceries and convenience · County · South Dakota
Convenience stores in Codington County, SD
How Codington County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #957 of 2,261 scored counties
#8 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 15
- 4 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $73.3M
- On groceries · $5,848 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.9M
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.0
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,562
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Codington County comes to about $73.3M a year: $5,848 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 38% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Codington County has 15 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 27%, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 12.0 for every 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Codington County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 4,175 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Codington County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Codington County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #957 of 2,261 scored counties and #8 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Codington 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.
| Measure | Codington County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.0 | 12.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.9M | $5M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,175 | 11,077 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,848 | $6,012 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $72,727 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $245K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 154 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Codington 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 Codington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,562+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,526
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 688 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $72,727+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,805
- Median home value
- $237,700
- Jobs located here
- 16,302
- Daytime population
- 29,337Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 92 | 18 | 6.5 | $10.3M | +17.5% | #23 of 2,261 |
| 2Brookings County, SD | 74 | 11 | 8.0 | $7.4M | +9.6% | #328 of 2,261 |
| 3Lawrence County, SD | 68 | 11 | 9.1 | $6.4M | +14.0% | #499 of 2,261 |
| 4Minnehaha County, SD | 67 | 89 | 10.5 | $5.8M | +7.6% | #539 of 2,261 |
| 5Pennington County, SD | 66 | 60 | 12.9 | $4.6M | +6.6% | #568 of 2,261 |
| 6Yankton County, SD | 65 | 7 | 7.2 | $8.2M | +1.5% | #580 of 2,261 |
| 7Meade County, SD | 58 | 13 | 10.9 | $5.6M | +2.7% | #839 of 2,261 |
| 8Codington County, SD | 55 | 15 | 12.0 | $4.9M | +4.3% | #957 of 2,261 |
| 9Hughes County, SD | 53 | 7 | 9.7 | $6.3M | −0.9% | #1,018 of 2,261 |
| 10Davison County, SD | 50 | 8 | 9.0 | $6.4M | +0.6% | #1,121 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Codington County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores54
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores55
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 Codington County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 convenience stores in Codington County. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Codington County, SD spend on groceries?
About $73.3M a year, or $5,848 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.9M 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 12,526 households in Codington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Codington County, SD compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Codington County has 12.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.9M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Codington County would have about 9, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,175 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Codington County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Codington County at 29,562 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,526 households. The median household income in Codington County is $72,727 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.0% 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. 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. Codington County scores 55 for convenience stores (upper middle), #957 of 2,261 scored counties.
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