Groceries and convenience · County · West Virginia
Convenience stores in Wyoming County, WV
How Wyoming County, WV 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 3 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,256 of 2,261 scored counties
#40 of 41 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 18
- 12 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $41.4M
- On groceries · $5,135 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 71% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.3
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,801
- −7.1% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Wyoming County has a Groundwork market score of 3 (very low): #2,256 of 2,261 scored counties and #40 of 41 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Wyoming County spend about $41.4M a year on groceries, or $5,135 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 71% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Wyoming County has 18 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 67%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 22.3 per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Wyoming County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Wyoming County from 2020 to 2025 at −7.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wyoming County compares
The same measures for West Virginia 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 | Wyoming County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.3 | 11.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $4.7M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,783 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.1% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,135 | $5,613 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $48,440 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 3 | 17 |
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
- 1812 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Wyoming 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 Wyoming County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,801−7.1% since 2020
- Households
- 8,068
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 500 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $48,440+14.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $59,197
- Median home value
- $82,900
- Jobs located here
- 4,322
- Daytime population
- 19,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 68 | 50 | 9.8 | $6.3M | +13.7% | #501 of 2,261 |
| 2Morgan County, WV | 67 | 6 | 8.2 | $7.1M | +5.5% | #528 of 2,261 |
| 3Monongalia County, WV | 66 | 43 | 9.6 | $6.1M | +2.0% | #564 of 2,261 |
| 4Jefferson County, WV | 61 | 29 | 12.7 | $5.2M | +9.2% | #736 of 2,261 |
| 5Putnam County, WV | 56 | 21 | 9.0 | $6.8M | −1.0% | #896 of 2,261 |
| 6Cabell County, WV | 55 | 30 | 7.6 | $7.2M | −3.2% | #928 of 2,261 |
| 7Kanawha County, WV | 46 | 85 | 11.1 | $5.1M | −4.3% | #1,274 of 2,261 |
| 8Mason County, WV | 45 | 6 | 5.9 | $9.1M | −2.7% | #1,292 of 2,261 |
| 9Marshall County, WV | 45 | 10 | 8.0 | $6.9M | −4.4% | #1,294 of 2,261 |
| 10Wayne County, WV | 44 | 13 | 8.2 | $6.7M | −4.0% | #1,323 of 2,261 |
| 40Wyoming County, WV | 3 | 18 | 22.3 | $2.3M | −7.1% | #2,256 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Wyoming County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores20
- Grocery stores29
- Convenience stores3
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 Wyoming County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 convenience stores in Wyoming County. 12 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Wyoming County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wyoming County, WV spend on groceries?
About $41.4M a year, or $5,135 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 8,068 households in Wyoming County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wyoming County, WV compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Wyoming County has 22.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $2.3M, 71% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Wyoming County would have about 5, against 18 on map listings.
How fast is Wyoming County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Wyoming County at 19,801 people in 2025, down 7.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,068 households. The median household income in Wyoming County is $48,440 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.4% 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. Wyoming County scores 3 for convenience stores (very low), #2,256 of 2,261 scored counties.
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