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Gas stations in the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area

How the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #286 of 387 scored metro areas
#23 of 25 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
71
56 chain locations (79%)
Official establishments
41
+20.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$124.3M
On gasoline and other fuels · $2,822 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.1
48% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
154,327
+1.0% 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 gasoline and other fuels in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area comes to about $124.3M a year: $2,822 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per station, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

There are 71 gas stations on map listings in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 79% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 16.1 per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.

Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area in 2023, up 20.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,074 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $17.8M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hanford-Corcoran metro area grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, the Hanford-Corcoran metro area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #286 of 387 scored metro areas and #23 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.

How the Hanford-Corcoran metro area compares

The same measures for California 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 Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureHanford-Corcoran metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.18.110.9
Spending per listing$1.8M$3.4M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,0741,6691,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+20.6%+7.2%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$2,822$2,747$2,595
Median household income$70,995$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score3766

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
41+20.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
356
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7156 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
52The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
8
Amount
$17.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Hanford-Corcoran metro 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 Hanford-Corcoran metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
154,327+1.0% since 2020
Households
44,052
Median age
32.8
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,391 sq. mi.
People per square mile
110
Median household income
$70,995+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,359
Median home value
$324,300
Jobs located here
45,618
Daytime population
145,293Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for gas stations, numbered among those based in California, with the Hanford-Corcoran metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA821,2638.7$3.6M+3.5%#12 of 387
2Stockton-Lodi, CA7525810.5$2.9M+5.5%#34 of 387
3Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA742117.5$4M−1.5%#39 of 387
4Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA731417.4$3.9M−0.4%#46 of 387
5Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA737388.4$3.3M+3.2%#47 of 387
6Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA72737.5$3.9M−4.7%#50 of 387
7San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA717056.0$4.6M−0.6%#54 of 387
8San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA714656.8$4.1M−0.6%#56 of 387
9San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA70918.3$3.6M0.0%#65 of 387
10Vallejo, CA7015910.1$3M+0.6%#67 of 387
23Hanford-Corcoran, CA377116.1$1.8M+1.0%#286 of 387

Other business types in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area

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Questions

How many gas stations are in the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 71 gas stations in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area. 56 of them (79%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 20.6% from 2019.

How much do households in the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $124.3M a year, or $2,822 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,052 households in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

The Hanford-Corcoran metro area has 16.1 gas stations per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.8M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Hanford-Corcoran metro area would have about 52, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,074 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Hanford-Corcoran metro area at 154,327 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,052 households. Median household income in the Hanford-Corcoran metro area is $70,995, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.7%, 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. The Hanford-Corcoran metro area scores 37 for gas stations (lower middle), #286 of 387 scored metro areas.

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