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Gas stations in Clear Creek County, CO

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
20
16 chain locations (80%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.8M
On gasoline and other fuels · $3,170 a household
Spending per listing
$741K
69% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
42.8
3.9 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,994
−3.9% 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

At $3,170 per household (22% above the U.S. average), households in Clear Creek County spend about $14.8M a year on gasoline and other fuels. Spread across 20 gas stations, that is $741K per station, 69% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Clear Creek County has 20 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 16 are chain locations, or 80%, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 42.8, 3.9 times the U.S. rate of 10.9.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Clear Creek County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 360 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $677K has gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Clear Creek County.

Population estimates put the population change in Clear Creek County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Clear Creek County compares

The same measures for Colorado 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 Clear Creek County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureClear Creek CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households42.810.310.9
Spending per listing$741K$2.7M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3601,5691,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.5%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.9%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$3,170$2,756$2,595
Median household income$94,577$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored69

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 13
Employees, 2023
114
Annual payroll, 2023
$4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2016 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$677K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,994−3.9% since 2020
Households
4,677
Median age
48.8
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
395 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$94,577
Average household income
$136,150
Median home value
$608,500
Jobs located here
3,636
Daytime population
8,112Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for gas stations, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Clear Creek County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Elbert County, CO9699.0$4.5M+16.5%#3 of 2,358
2Park County, CO9188.9$3.8M+5.1%#21 of 2,358
3Douglas County, CO90866.1$4.9M+10.9%#25 of 2,358
4Weld County, CO8215412.4$2.5M+14.2%#121 of 2,358
5Broomfield County, CO79216.6$4M+6.3%#164 of 2,358
6Larimer County, CO791318.5$3.4M+4.8%#169 of 2,358
7Gunnison County, CO7767.1$4.1M+2.9%#208 of 2,358
8Delta County, CO77118.5$3.5M+3.6%#212 of 2,358
9Montrose County, CO761810.0$3M+4.1%#237 of 2,358
10Archuleta County, CO76711.8$2.6M+6.6%#240 of 2,358
Clear Creek County, CONot scored2042.8$741K−3.9%

Other business types in Clear Creek County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many gas stations are in Clear Creek County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 gas stations in Clear Creek County. 16 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in Clear Creek County, CO spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $14.8M a year, or $3,170 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $741K per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,677 households in Clear Creek County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clear Creek County, CO compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Clear Creek County has 42.8 gas stations per 10,000 households, 3.9 times the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $741K, 69% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Clear Creek County would have about 6, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 360 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Clear Creek County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Clear Creek County at 8,994 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,677 households. Median household income in Clear Creek County is $94,577, 17% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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 Clear Creek County

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