Groceries and convenience · County · South Dakota
Convenience stores in Lawrence County, SD
How Lawrence 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #499 of 2,261 scored counties
#3 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 11
- 8 chain locations (73%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $70.7M
- On groceries · $5,868 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,459
- +14.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,868 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Lawrence County spend about $70.7M a year on groceries. That is about $6.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 11 convenience stores on map listings in Lawrence County as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 73%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 9.1 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Lawrence County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Lawrence County from 2020 to 2025 at +14.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Lawrence County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #499 of 2,261 scored counties and #3 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lawrence 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 | Lawrence County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 12.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $5M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 11,077 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,868 | $6,012 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $73,384 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 48 |
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
- 118 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,459+14.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,054
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 800 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $73,384+39.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,174
- Median home value
- $346,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,155
- Daytime population
- 27,824Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for convenience stores, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Lawrence County marked.
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 Lawrence County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores73
- Grocery stores70
- Convenience stores68
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 Lawrence County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 convenience stores in Lawrence County. 8 of them (73%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Lawrence County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lawrence County, SD spend on groceries?
About $70.7M a year, or $5,868 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.4M 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 12,054 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lawrence County, SD compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Lawrence County has 9.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.4M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 9, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Lawrence County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Lawrence County at 29,459 people in 2025, up 14.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,054 households. The median household income in Lawrence County is $73,384 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.4% 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. Lawrence County scores 68 for convenience stores (upper middle), #499 of 2,261 scored counties.
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