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Convenience stores in Hunt County, TX

How Hunt 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #595 of 2,261 scored counties
#29 of 161 scored counties in Texas

Listings
34
17 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$228.6M
On groceries · $5,943 a household
Spending per listing
$6.7M
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.8
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
123,336
+23.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 34 convenience stores in Hunt County. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 8.8 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on groceries in Hunt County comes to about $228.6M a year: $5,943 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.7M per store, 15% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Hunt County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 2,959 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $793K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Hunt County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hunt County grew 23.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hunt County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #595 of 2,261 scored counties and #29 of 161 scored counties in Texas.

How Hunt 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.

Convenience stores in Hunt County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureHunt CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.810.38.0
Spending per listing$6.7M$6M$7.9M
Households per official establishment2,9592,7723,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+34.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+23.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,943$6,186$6,319
Median household income$71,938$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6542

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 13
Employees, 2023
56
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3417 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$793K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Hunt 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 Hunt County

Population, 2025 estimate
123,336+23.0% since 2020
Households
38,466
Median age
37.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
840 sq. mi.
People per square mile
130
Median household income
$71,938+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,212
Median home value
$241,700
Jobs located here
32,267
Daytime population
92,574Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with Hunt County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rockwall County, TX96245.8$12.4M+28.9%#6 of 2,261
2Denton County, TX882145.9$11.7M+16.9%#55 of 2,261
3Collin County, TX882706.5$11M+20.6%#58 of 2,261
4Comal County, TX87669.2$7.2M+27.9%#77 of 2,261
5Williamson County, TX841837.3$9.5M+22.3%#106 of 2,261
6Waller County, TX82147.6$8.3M+21.9%#131 of 2,261
7Hays County, TX82868.6$7.4M+24.8%#133 of 2,261
8Montgomery County, TX811967.9$8.4M+24.9%#152 of 2,261
9Travis County, TX803816.5$10.3M+7.2%#167 of 2,261
10Parker County, TX78468.2$8.2M+23.5%#230 of 2,261
29Hunt County, TX65348.8$6.7M+23.0%#595 of 2,261

Other business types in Hunt County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Hunt County, TX?

Hunt County has 34 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Hunt County, TX spend on groceries?

About $228.6M a year, or $5,943 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 38,466 households in Hunt County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hunt County, TX compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Hunt County has 8.8 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.7M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Hunt County would have about 29, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,959 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Hunt County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Hunt County at 123,336 people in 2025, up 23.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,466 households. Median household income in Hunt County is $71,938, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Hunt County scores 65 for convenience stores (upper middle), #595 of 2,261 scored counties.

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