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Convenience stores in Gray County, TX
How Gray County, TX 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 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,083 of 2,261 scored counties
#147 of 161 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 16
- 13 chain locations (81%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $44.9M
- On groceries · $5,625 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.0
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,919
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Gray County is 17 (low), #2,083 of 2,261 scored counties and #147 of 161 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $5,625 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Gray County spend about $44.9M a year on groceries. Spread across 16 convenience stores, that is $2.8M per store, 64% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Gray County has 16 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 81% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.0, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Gray County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gray County declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Gray County 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 | Gray County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.0 | 10.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $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 | −1.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,625 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $59,614 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 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
- 1613 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Gray 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 Gray County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,919−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 7,991
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 926 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $59,614+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,713
- Median home value
- $102,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,219
- Daytime population
- 19,509Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rockwall County, TX | 96 | 24 | 5.8 | $12.4M | +28.9% | #6 of 2,261 |
| 2Denton County, TX | 88 | 214 | 5.9 | $11.7M | +16.9% | #55 of 2,261 |
| 3Collin County, TX | 88 | 270 | 6.5 | $11M | +20.6% | #58 of 2,261 |
| 4Comal County, TX | 87 | 66 | 9.2 | $7.2M | +27.9% | #77 of 2,261 |
| 5Williamson County, TX | 84 | 183 | 7.3 | $9.5M | +22.3% | #106 of 2,261 |
| 6Waller County, TX | 82 | 14 | 7.6 | $8.3M | +21.9% | #131 of 2,261 |
| 7Hays County, TX | 82 | 86 | 8.6 | $7.4M | +24.8% | #133 of 2,261 |
| 8Montgomery County, TX | 81 | 196 | 7.9 | $8.4M | +24.9% | #152 of 2,261 |
| 9Travis County, TX | 80 | 381 | 6.5 | $10.3M | +7.2% | #167 of 2,261 |
| 10Parker County, TX | 78 | 46 | 8.2 | $8.2M | +23.5% | #230 of 2,261 |
| 147Gray County, TX | 17 | 16 | 20.0 | $2.8M | −1.3% | #2,083 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Gray County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores38
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores17
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 Gray County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 convenience stores in Gray County. 13 of them (81%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Gray County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Gray County, TX spend on groceries?
About $44.9M a year, or $5,625 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 7,991 households in Gray County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gray County, TX compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Gray County has 20.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $2.8M, 64% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Gray County would have about 6, against 16 on map listings.
How fast is Gray County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Gray County at 20,919 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,991 households. The median household income in Gray County is $59,614 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.3% 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. Gray County scores 17 for convenience stores (low), #2,083 of 2,261 scored counties.
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