Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Washington
Convenience stores in the Port Townsend, WA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the Port Townsend, WA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #4 of 529 scored small-town markets
#1 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $97.4M
- On groceries · $5,959 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.7M
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,970
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, the Port Townsend area has a Groundwork market score of 85 (high): #4 of 529 scored small-town markets and #1 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for convenience stores.
At $5,959 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Port Townsend area spend about $97.4M a year on groceries. That is about $9.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 24% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
The Port Townsend area has 10 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 6.1 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in the Port Townsend area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in the Port Townsend area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Port Townsend 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 | Port Townsend area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 5.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $9.7M | $11.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,520 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.6% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,959 | $6,520 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $74,048 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 85 | 73 |
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
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 the Port Townsend 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 Port Townsend area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,970+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 16,340
- Median age
- 58.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,804 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $74,048
- Average household income
- $104,756
- Median home value
- $535,000
- Jobs located here
- 8,967
- Daytime population
- 30,032Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Port Townsend, WA | 85 | 10 | 6.1 | $9.7M | +2.7% | #4 of 529 |
| 2Shelton, WA | 83 | 16 | 6.1 | $9.9M | +7.8% | #9 of 529 |
| 3Oak Harbor, WA | 82 | 8 | 2.2 | $28.3M | −1.5% | #12 of 529 |
| 4Ellensburg, WA | 77 | 12 | 6.0 | $10M | +4.2% | #36 of 529 |
| 5Moses Lake, WA | 77 | 23 | 6.5 | $8.9M | +6.3% | #38 of 529 |
| 6Pullman, WA | 72 | 5 | 2.7 | $20.7M | +1.5% | #69 of 529 |
| 7Port Angeles, WA | 69 | 26 | 7.4 | $7.8M | +1.1% | #94 of 529 |
| 8Centralia, WA | 54 | 42 | 12.8 | $4.6M | +6.7% | #247 of 529 |
| 9Othello, WA | 49 | 8 | 12.7 | $4.5M | +4.3% | #297 of 529 |
| 10Aberdeen, WA | 46 | 34 | 11.1 | $5.1M | +3.0% | #321 of 529 |
Other business types in the Port Townsend area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores70
- Grocery stores59
- Convenience stores85
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 Port Townsend, WA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 convenience stores in the Port Townsend area. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in the Port Townsend area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Port Townsend, WA area spend on groceries?
About $97.4M a year, or $5,959 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $9.7M 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 16,340 households in the Port Townsend area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Port Townsend, WA area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Port Townsend area has 6.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $9.7M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Port Townsend area would have about 12, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is the Port Townsend, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Port Townsend area at 33,970 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,340 households. The median household income in the Port Townsend area is $74,048 a year, 8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Port Townsend area scores 85 for convenience stores (high), #4 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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