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Convenience stores in Upton County, TX

The convenience stores in Upton County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
7
7 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.3M
On groceries · $5,360 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
87% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
51.5
6.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
3,131
−5.1% 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

Households in Upton County spend about $7.3M a year on groceries, or $5,360 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 87% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

There are 7 convenience stores on map listings in Upton County as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 51.5 for every 10,000 households, 6.4 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Upton County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Upton 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 Upton County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureUpton CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households51.510.38.0
Spending per listing$1M$6M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a2,7723,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+34.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,360$6,186$6,319
Median household income$49,167$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored42

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
77 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Upton 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 Upton County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,131−5.1% since 2020
Households
1,360
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,241 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$49,167
Average household income
$70,547
Median home value
$109,000
Jobs located here
3,102
Daytime population
5,050Residents 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 Upton 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
Upton County, TXNot scored751.5$1M−5.1%

Other business types in Upton County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Upton County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 convenience stores in Upton County. 7 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Upton County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $7.3M a year, or $5,360 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 1,360 households in Upton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Upton County has 51.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 6.4 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $1M, 87% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Upton County would have about 1, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is Upton County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Upton County at 3,131 people in 2025, down 5.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,360 households. The median household income in Upton County is $49,167 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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