Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Washington
Convenience stores in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area
How the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #194 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington
- Listings
- 42
- 18 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $326.5M
- On groceries · $6,240 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.8M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 132,975
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area comes to about $326.5M a year: $6,240 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $7.8M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 42 convenience stores on map listings in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area as of September 2026. 18 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.0, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 3,078 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #194 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington.
How the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 5.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.8M | $11.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,078 | 4,520 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.6% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,240 | $6,520 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $89,263 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 92
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4218 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro 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 Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 132,975+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 52,329
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,730 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 76
- Median household income
- $89,263+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,733
- Median home value
- $545,100
- Jobs located here
- 49,731
- Daytime population
- 119,306Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Washington for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Washington (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 79 | 52 | 4.8 | $13.8M | +2.7% | #19 of 387 |
| 2Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 79 | 825 | 5.1 | $13.4M | +3.3% | #20 of 387 |
| 3Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 75 | 64 | 5.4 | $11.8M | +2.8% | #37 of 387 |
| 4Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 75 | 26 | 5.5 | $11.3M | +5.0% | #38 of 387 |
| 5Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 66 | 136 | 5.7 | $10.5M | +3.5% | #81 of 387 |
| 6Kennewick-Richland, WA | 63 | 84 | 7.8 | $8M | +6.5% | #108 of 387 |
| 7Bellingham, WA | 57 | 69 | 7.3 | $8.3M | +3.9% | #155 of 387 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 56 | 652 | 6.5 | $10M | +1.0% | #156 of 387 |
| 8Walla Walla, WA | 56 | 16 | 6.8 | $8.7M | −0.4% | #159 of 387 |
| Lewiston, ID-WA | 54 | 20 | 7.5 | $7.8M | +1.5% | #174 of 387 |
| 9Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 51 | 42 | 8.0 | $7.8M | +2.4% | #194 of 387 |
Other business types in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores37
- Grocery stores33
- Convenience stores51
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 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 42 convenience stores in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area. 18 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area spend on groceries?
About $326.5M a year, or $6,240 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7.8M 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 52,329 households in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area has 8.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7.8M, in line with the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area would have about 41, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,078 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area at 132,975 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,329 households. The median household income in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area is $89,263 a year, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.2% 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. The Mount Vernon-Anacortes metro area scores 51 for convenience stores (upper middle), #194 of 387 scored metro areas.
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