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Gas stations in Sutter County, CA
How Sutter County, CA 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #549 of 2,358 scored counties
#24 of 54 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 33
- 26 chain locations (79%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- −17.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $100M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,003 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 98,787
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Sutter County comes to about $100M a year: $3,003 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Spread across 33 gas stations, that is $3M per station, 27% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Sutter County has 33 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 79% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 9.9 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 10.9.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Sutter County was 32 in 2023, down 17.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,040 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.8M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Sutter County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sutter County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Sutter County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #549 of 2,358 scored counties and #24 of 54 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Sutter County 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.
| Measure | Sutter County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 8.1 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,040 | 1,669 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.9% | +7.2% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,003 | $2,747 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $79,704 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 39 → 32−17.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 231
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3326 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Sutter 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 Sutter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 98,787−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 33,292
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 603 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 164
- Median household income
- $79,704+35.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,245
- Median home value
- $433,500
- Jobs located here
- 30,624
- Daytime population
- 86,871Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Benito County, CA | 97 | 8 | 3.9 | $9M | +8.6% | #1 of 2,358 |
| 2Riverside County, CA | 87 | 568 | 7.3 | $4.2M | +5.0% | #54 of 2,358 |
| 3San Joaquin County, CA | 79 | 258 | 10.5 | $2.9M | +5.5% | #173 of 2,358 |
| 4Placer County, CA | 78 | 164 | 10.4 | $2.8M | +8.9% | #198 of 2,358 |
| 5San Bernardino County, CA | 75 | 695 | 10.3 | $3M | +1.9% | #259 of 2,358 |
| 6Contra Costa County, CA | 74 | 306 | 7.4 | $3.9M | +0.3% | #283 of 2,358 |
| 7Solano County, CA | 74 | 159 | 10.1 | $3M | +0.6% | #295 of 2,358 |
| 8Ventura County, CA | 73 | 211 | 7.5 | $4M | −1.5% | #313 of 2,358 |
| 9El Dorado County, CA | 73 | 78 | 10.2 | $3M | +0.6% | #321 of 2,358 |
| 10Orange County, CA | 72 | 691 | 6.4 | $4.5M | −1.1% | #331 of 2,358 |
| 24Sutter County, CA | 65 | 33 | 9.9 | $3M | −0.7% | #549 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Sutter 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 Sutter County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 gas stations in Sutter County. 26 of them (79%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 17.9% from 2019. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Sutter County, CA spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $100M a year, or $3,003 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $3M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,292 households in Sutter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sutter County, CA compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Sutter County has 9.9 gas stations per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $3M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Sutter County would have about 42, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,040 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Sutter County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Sutter County at 98,787 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,292 households. Median household income in Sutter County is $79,704, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.0%, 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. Sutter County scores 65 for gas stations (upper middle), #549 of 2,358 scored counties.
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