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Convenience stores in Montague County, TX

How Montague 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #529 of 2,261 scored counties
#26 of 161 scored counties in Texas

Listings
7
3 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$49M
On groceries · $5,740 a household
Spending per listing
$7M
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.2
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,966
+9.6% 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

At $5,740 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Montague County spend about $49M a year on groceries. That works out to $7M per store, 11% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Montague County has 7 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 43%, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 8.2 for every 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Montague County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Montague County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Montague County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #529 of 2,261 scored counties and #26 of 161 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Montague 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 Montague County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMontague CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.210.38.0
Spending per listing$7M$6M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a2,7723,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+34.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,740$6,186$6,319
Median household income$64,545$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6742

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
73 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 Montague 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 Montague County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,966+9.6% since 2020
Households
8,538
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
931 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$64,545+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,239
Median home value
$206,400
Jobs located here
4,699
Daytime population
15,436Residents 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 Montague 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
26Montague County, TX6778.2$7M+9.6%#529 of 2,261

Other business types in Montague County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Montague County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 convenience stores in Montague County. 3 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Montague County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $49M a year, or $5,740 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7M 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 8,538 households in Montague County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Montague County has 8.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Montague County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is Montague County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Montague County at 21,966 people in 2025, up 9.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,538 households. The median household income in Montague County is $64,545 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.7% 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. Montague County scores 67 for convenience stores (upper middle), #529 of 2,261 scored counties.

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