Groceries and convenience · County · Wisconsin
Convenience stores in Lafayette County, WI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Lafayette County, WI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,319 of 2,261 scored counties
#45 of 66 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 12
- 3 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $40.3M
- On groceries · $5,962 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.7
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,478
- +5.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Lafayette County spend about $40.3M a year on groceries, or $5,962 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per store, 57% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Lafayette County has 12 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 25%, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 17.7 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Lafayette County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lafayette County grew 5.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Lafayette County is 45 (lower middle), #1,319 of 2,261 scored counties and #45 of 66 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Lafayette County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Lafayette County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $7.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 15,400 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.8% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,962 | $6,105 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $76,462 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 57 |
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
- 123 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,478+5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 6,763
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 634 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $76,462+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,228
- Median home value
- $194,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,035
- Daytime population
- 13,670Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Lafayette County marked.
Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ozaukee County, WI | 90 | 10 | 2.6 | $25.5M | +3.0% | #32 of 2,261 |
| 2Dane County, WI | 90 | 149 | 5.9 | $10.9M | +4.9% | #35 of 2,261 |
| 3Waukesha County, WI | 89 | 79 | 4.7 | $14.5M | +2.4% | #41 of 2,261 |
| 4Calumet County, WI | 83 | 11 | 5.1 | $12.3M | +2.9% | #117 of 2,261 |
| 5Kenosha County, WI | 78 | 36 | 5.2 | $11.9M | −0.4% | #217 of 2,261 |
| 6Brown County, WI | 75 | 75 | 6.8 | $9.1M | +2.6% | #296 of 2,261 |
| 7Washington County, WI | 74 | 45 | 7.9 | $8.2M | +1.8% | #322 of 2,261 |
| 8Racine County, WI | 72 | 56 | 7.0 | $8.8M | +0.4% | #367 of 2,261 |
| 9Rock County, WI | 72 | 49 | 7.3 | $8.2M | +1.7% | #372 of 2,261 |
| 10Outagamie County, WI | 72 | 64 | 8.2 | $7.7M | +2.6% | #376 of 2,261 |
| 45Lafayette County, WI | 45 | 12 | 17.7 | $3.4M | +5.2% | #1,319 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Lafayette County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores50
- Grocery stores45
- Convenience stores45
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 Lafayette County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 convenience stores in Lafayette County. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Lafayette County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lafayette County, WI spend on groceries?
About $40.3M a year, or $5,962 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 6,763 households in Lafayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette County, WI compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Lafayette County has 17.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.4M, 57% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Lafayette County would have about 5, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Lafayette County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette County at 17,478 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,763 households. The median household income in Lafayette County is $76,462 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Lafayette County scores 45 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,319 of 2,261 scored counties.
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