Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Texas
Convenience stores in the Brownwood, TX area
The convenience stores in the Brownwood, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #441 of 529 scored small-town markets
#26 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 24
- 15 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $82.4M
- On groceries · $5,502 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.0
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,711
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Brownwood area scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #441 of 529 scored small-town markets and #26 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $5,502 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Brownwood area spend about $82.4M a year on groceries. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 56% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 24 convenience stores on map listings in the Brownwood area as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 63%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 16.0 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in the Brownwood area, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Brownwood area grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Brownwood area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Brownwood area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.0 | 10.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,772 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +34.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,502 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,470 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 42 |
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
- 2415 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Brownwood 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 Brownwood area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,711+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 14,972
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 945 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $57,470+18.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,477
- Median home value
- $158,900
- Jobs located here
- 14,839
- Daytime population
- 36,518Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Brownwood area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Granbury, TX | 81 | 18 | 7.1 | $8.9M | +13.6% | #18 of 529 |
| 2Huntsville, TX | 65 | 23 | 8.8 | $6.1M | +9.5% | #132 of 529 |
| 3Kerrville, TX | 65 | 29 | 12.8 | $4.6M | +2.5% | #135 of 529 |
| 4Gainesville, TX | 61 | 16 | 9.7 | $6.3M | +6.5% | #166 of 529 |
| 5Stephenville, TX | 59 | 21 | 12.5 | $4.6M | +2.8% | #198 of 529 |
| 6Fredericksburg, TX | 59 | 18 | 15.6 | $4M | +6.6% | #199 of 529 |
| 7Lufkin, TX | 58 | 32 | 9.9 | $5.7M | +1.9% | #205 of 529 |
| 8Athens, TX | 57 | 33 | 9.8 | $5.9M | +7.5% | #212 of 529 |
| 9Corsicana, TX | 55 | 21 | 11.0 | $5.2M | +8.2% | #239 of 529 |
| 10Sulphur Springs, TX | 53 | 20 | 14.3 | $4.1M | +6.1% | #261 of 529 |
| 26Brownwood, TX | 30 | 24 | 16.0 | $3.4M | +1.7% | #441 of 529 |
Other business types in the Brownwood area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores45
- Grocery stores62
- Convenience stores30
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 Brownwood, TX area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 convenience stores in the Brownwood area. 15 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in the Brownwood area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Brownwood, TX area spend on groceries?
About $82.4M a year, or $5,502 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 14,972 households in the Brownwood area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brownwood, TX area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Brownwood area has 16.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.4M, 56% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Brownwood area would have about 11, against 24 on map listings.
How fast is the Brownwood, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Brownwood area at 38,711 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,972 households. The median household income in the Brownwood area is $57,470 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.8% 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 Brownwood area scores 30 for convenience stores (lower middle), #441 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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