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Gas stations in Lafayette County, FL

How Lafayette County, FL 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
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.7M
On gasoline and other fuels · $2,941 a household
Spending per listing
$7.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
8,792
+6.8% 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 Lafayette County comes to about $7.7M a year: $2,941 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $7.7M of household spending for each station on map listings.

Lafayette County has 1 gas station on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Lafayette County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 526 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Lafayette County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Lafayette County compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Lafayette County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureLafayette CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.89.510.9
Spending per listing$7.7M$2.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment5261,4771,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.2%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.8%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$2,941$2,654$2,595
Median household income$62,757$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored72

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
38
Annual payroll, 2023
$882K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,792+6.8% since 2020
Households
2,632
Median age
42.9
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
543 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$62,757
Average household income
$68,809
Median home value
$157,200
Jobs located here
1,335
Daytime population
6,482Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Florida

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

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Santa Rosa County, FL91577.9$4.1M+11.7%#20 of 2,358
2St. Johns County, FL87897.7$3.8M+25.0%#56 of 2,358
3Flagler County, FL86305.7$4.9M+21.0%#59 of 2,358
4Osceola County, FL861047.3$4M+23.2%#62 of 2,358
5Clay County, FL839411.2$2.7M+9.4%#102 of 2,358
6Manatee County, FL821076.1$4.4M+16.6%#109 of 2,358
7Sarasota County, FL811286.0$4.3M+10.0%#124 of 2,358
8Seminole County, FL811317.0$4.1M+4.3%#128 of 2,358
9Hernando County, FL81708.5$3.3M+13.3%#134 of 2,358
10Collier County, FL801136.8$3.8M+10.6%#146 of 2,358
Lafayette County, FLNot scored13.8$7.7M+6.8%

Other business types in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 gas station in Lafayette County. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in Lafayette County, FL spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $7.7M a year, or $2,941 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 gas station on map listings, it comes to $7.7M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,632 households in Lafayette County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lafayette County, FL compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Lafayette County has 1 gas station on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Lafayette County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 526 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Lafayette County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Lafayette County at 8,792 people in 2025, up 6.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,632 households. Median household income in Lafayette County is $62,757, 22% below 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?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Lafayette County. It maps the gas stations on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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

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