Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Wisconsin
Convenience stores in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI area
How the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #24 of 529 scored small-town markets
#1 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 37
- 19 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $268.8M
- On groceries · $6,238 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.3M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 106,127
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, the Whitewater-Elkhorn area has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #24 of 529 scored small-town markets and #1 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for convenience stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 convenience stores in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area. 19 of them (51%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That is 8.6 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area spend about $268.8M a year on groceries, or $6,238 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $7.3M per store, 8% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 10,772 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Whitewater-Elkhorn area 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 | Whitewater-Elkhorn area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.3M | $7.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,772 | 15,400 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.8% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,238 | $6,105 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $80,520 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 2
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $122K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3719 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Whitewater-Elkhorn 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 Whitewater-Elkhorn area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 106,127+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 43,087
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 555 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 190
- Median household income
- $80,520+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,464
- Median home value
- $302,700
- Jobs located here
- 43,660
- Daytime population
- 95,627Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wisconsin for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Whitewater-Elkhorn area marked.
Top small-town markets in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI | 80 | 37 | 8.6 | $7.3M | +0.8% | #24 of 529 |
| 2Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI | 73 | 28 | 8.0 | $7.7M | +0.3% | #63 of 529 |
| 3Stevens Point-Plover, WI | 69 | 29 | 9.8 | $6.2M | +2.2% | #97 of 529 |
| 4Manitowoc, WI | 67 | 27 | 7.7 | $7.6M | +0.4% | #110 of 529 |
| 5Menomonie, WI | 67 | 17 | 9.7 | $6.1M | +1.7% | #113 of 529 |
| 6Beaver Dam, WI | 66 | 30 | 8.4 | $7.2M | −0.3% | #121 of 529 |
| 7Shawano, WI | 64 | 18 | 9.7 | $6M | +1.4% | #140 of 529 |
| 8Platteville, WI | 57 | 20 | 10.0 | $5.8M | +0.9% | #213 of 529 |
| 9Sparta, WI | 57 | 21 | 11.5 | $5.1M | +0.6% | #216 of 529 |
| Iron Mountain, MI-WI | 53 | 14 | 9.9 | $5.7M | +0.4% | #254 of 529 |
Other business types in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores74
- Grocery stores74
- Convenience stores80
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 Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI area?
There are 37 convenience stores on map listings in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area as of September 2026. 19 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI area spend on groceries?
About $268.8M a year, or $6,238 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 37 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7.3M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,087 households in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Whitewater-Elkhorn area has 8.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7.3M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Whitewater-Elkhorn area would have about 34, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,772 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI area growing?
Population estimates put the Whitewater-Elkhorn area at 106,127 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,087 households. Median household income in the Whitewater-Elkhorn area is $80,520, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.3%, 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. 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 Whitewater-Elkhorn area scores 80 for convenience stores (high), #24 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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