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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Wyoming

Convenience stores in the Evanston, WY-UT area

How the Evanston, WY-UT 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #358 of 529 scored small-town markets
#7 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming

Listings
17
12 chain locations (71%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$51.5M
On groceries · $5,960 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
62% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.7
2.5 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,415
+2.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on groceries in the Evanston area comes to about $51.5M a year: $5,960 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per store, 62% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

There are 17 convenience stores on map listings in the Evanston area as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 71%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 19.7 per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in the Evanston area, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show the Evanston area grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Evanston area scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #358 of 529 scored small-town markets and #7 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming.

How the Evanston area compares

The same measures for Wyoming 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.

Convenience stores in Evanston, WY-UT area compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureEvanston areaWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.710.68.0
Spending per listing$3M$5.6M$7.9M
Households per official establishmentn/a9,7333,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,960$5,944$6,319
Median household income$82,471$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market score4340

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
1712 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Evanston 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 Evanston area

Population, 2025 estimate
23,415+2.0% since 2020
Households
8,639
Median age
37.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
3,111 sq. mi.
People per square mile
7
Median household income
$82,471
Average household income
$105,321
Median home value
$293,800
Jobs located here
9,409
Daytime population
22,588Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Wyoming

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wyoming for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with the Evanston area marked.

Top small-town markets in Wyoming

Small-town markets in Wyoming ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Laramie, WY7963.5$16M+3.9%#25 of 529
2Sheridan, WY73128.7$6.7M+7.2%#66 of 529
3Gillette, WY691910.6$5.9M+2.1%#98 of 529
4Jackson, WY-ID692114.5$4.8M+4.2%#99 of 529
5Cody, WY661410.5$5.6M+5.1%#124 of 529
6Riverton, WY461711.3$5M+0.7%#322 of 529
7Evanston, WY-UT431719.7$3M+2.0%#358 of 529
8Rock Springs, WY303117.7$3.3M−2.2%#443 of 529

Other business types in the Evanston area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in the Evanston, WY-UT area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 17 convenience stores in the Evanston area. 12 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in the Evanston area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Evanston, WY-UT area spend on groceries?

About $51.5M a year, or $5,960 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $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 8,639 households in the Evanston area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Evanston, WY-UT area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

The Evanston area has 19.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3M, 62% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Evanston area would have about 7, against 17 on map listings.

How fast is the Evanston, WY-UT area growing?

Population estimates put the Evanston area at 23,415 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,639 households. The median household income in the Evanston area is $82,471 a year, 2% above 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 Evanston area scores 43 for convenience stores (lower middle), #358 of 529 scored small-town markets.

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