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Gas stations in Sharp County, AR
How Sharp 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,269 of 2,358 scored counties
#27 of 58 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 11
- 9 chain locations (82%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.4M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,970 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.0
- 47% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,122
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Sharp County comes to about $20.4M a year: $2,970 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each station on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Sharp County has 11 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (82%) are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. That is 16.0 per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Sharp County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 571 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sharp County grew 4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Sharp County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #1,269 of 2,358 scored counties and #27 of 58 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Sharp 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.
| Measure | Sharp County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.0 | 15.1 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 571 | 870 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.2% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,970 | $2,886 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $44,637 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 116
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 119 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Sharp 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 Sharp County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,122+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 6,856
- Median age
- 46.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 605 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $44,637+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,113
- Median home value
- $105,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,642
- Daytime population
- 15,978Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for gas stations, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Sharp County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, AR | 91 | 80 | 7.1 | $4.4M | +16.0% | #19 of 2,358 |
| 2Washington County, AR | 85 | 79 | 8.1 | $3.6M | +9.9% | #72 of 2,358 |
| 3Madison County, AR | 79 | 9 | 13.9 | $2.5M | +11.2% | #178 of 2,358 |
| 4Saline County, AR | 77 | 50 | 10.0 | $3.1M | +7.6% | #216 of 2,358 |
| 5Randolph County, AR | 76 | 6 | 8.2 | $3.7M | +1.5% | #231 of 2,358 |
| 6Baxter County, AR | 75 | 17 | 8.8 | $3.2M | +3.1% | #255 of 2,358 |
| 7Fulton County, AR | 72 | 6 | 12.6 | $2.5M | +3.7% | #350 of 2,358 |
| 8Carroll County, AR | 70 | 15 | 13.2 | $2.4M | +3.6% | #410 of 2,358 |
| 9Faulkner County, AR | 70 | 69 | 14.0 | $2.2M | +8.2% | #413 of 2,358 |
| 10Crawford County, AR | 65 | 40 | 17.1 | $1.8M | +4.1% | #578 of 2,358 |
| 27Sharp County, AR | 48 | 11 | 16.0 | $1.9M | +4.7% | #1,269 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Sharp County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in Sharp County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 gas stations in Sharp County. 9 of them (82%) 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 Sharp County, AR spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $20.4M a year, or $2,970 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,856 households in Sharp County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sharp County, AR compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Sharp County has 16.0 gas stations per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.9M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Sharp County would have about 9, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 571 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
How fast is Sharp County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Sharp County at 18,122 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,856 households. Median household income in Sharp County is $44,637, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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. Sharp County scores 48 for gas stations (lower middle), #1,269 of 2,358 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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