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Gas stations in Carroll County, AR

How Carroll County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #410 of 2,358 scored counties
#8 of 58 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
15
11 chain locations (73%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$36.4M
On gasoline and other fuels · $3,207 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.2
21% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,263
+3.6% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 gas stations in Carroll County. Chain locations make up 73% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 13.2 for every 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.

Households in Carroll County spend about $36.4M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $3,207 per household, 24% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each station on map listings, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Carroll County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 946 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Carroll County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Carroll County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #410 of 2,358 scored counties and #8 of 58 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Carroll County compares

The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Gas stations in Carroll County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureCarroll CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.215.110.9
Spending per listing$2.4M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment9468701,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.2%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$3,207$2,886$2,595
Median household income$54,230$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score7042

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 12
Employees, 2023
77
Annual payroll, 2023
$2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1511 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 gasoline stations in Carroll 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 Carroll County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,263+3.6% since 2020
Households
11,347
Median age
44.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
630 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$54,230+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,165
Median home value
$210,400
Jobs located here
11,469
Daytime population
28,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for gas stations, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Carroll County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, AR91807.1$4.4M+16.0%#19 of 2,358
2Washington County, AR85798.1$3.6M+9.9%#72 of 2,358
3Madison County, AR79913.9$2.5M+11.2%#178 of 2,358
4Saline County, AR775010.0$3.1M+7.6%#216 of 2,358
5Randolph County, AR7668.2$3.7M+1.5%#231 of 2,358
6Baxter County, AR75178.8$3.2M+3.1%#255 of 2,358
7Fulton County, AR72612.6$2.5M+3.7%#350 of 2,358
8Carroll County, AR701513.2$2.4M+3.6%#410 of 2,358
9Faulkner County, AR706914.0$2.2M+8.2%#413 of 2,358
10Crawford County, AR654017.1$1.8M+4.1%#578 of 2,358

Other business types in Carroll County

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

Questions

How many gas stations are in Carroll County, AR?

There are 15 gas stations on map listings in Carroll County as of September 2026. 11 of them (73%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in Carroll County, AR spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $36.4M a year, or $3,207 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,347 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Carroll County, AR compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Carroll County has 13.2 gas stations per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.4M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 946 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Carroll County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Carroll County at 29,263 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,347 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $54,230 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.6% 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. Carroll County scores 70 for gas stations (upper middle), #410 of 2,358 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for gas stations · All 56 business types in Carroll County

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