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Gas stations in Chattooga County, GA

How Chattooga County, GA 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,870 of 2,358 scored counties
#97 of 122 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
23
15 chain locations (65%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$27.1M
On gasoline and other fuels · $2,963 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
51% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.1
2.3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,300
+1.5% 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

For gas stations, Chattooga County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,870 of 2,358 scored counties and #97 of 122 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $2,963 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in Chattooga County spend about $27.1M a year on gasoline and other fuels. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each station on map listings, 51% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Chattooga County has 23 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 65% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 25.1 for every 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 10.9.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Chattooga County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 654 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $511K has gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Chattooga County. Population estimates put the population change in Chattooga County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Chattooga County compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Chattooga County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureChattooga CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.115.510.9
Spending per listing$1.2M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment6547991,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.5%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$2,963$2,928$2,595
Median household income$50,285$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3343

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 14
Employees, 2023
53
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2315 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$511K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
25,300+1.5% since 2020
Households
9,154
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
313 sq. mi.
People per square mile
80
Median household income
$50,285+36.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,112
Median home value
$115,600
Jobs located here
4,787
Daytime population
19,276Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Georgia

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

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Forsyth County, GA90788.8$3.7M+11.8%#28 of 2,358
2Oconee County, GA891610.7$3.7M+6.9%#35 of 2,358
3Paulding County, GA896611.0$3.2M+12.7%#41 of 2,358
4Columbia County, GA87458.2$3.9M+7.9%#55 of 2,358
5Cherokee County, GA8711911.7$2.8M+11.6%#58 of 2,358
6Fayette County, GA834810.8$3.1M+4.7%#97 of 2,358
7Oglethorpe County, GA83814.8$2.2M+10.4%#104 of 2,358
8Banks County, GA7868.8$4.2M+17.3%#186 of 2,358
9Lee County, GA771512.2$2.8M+2.9%#220 of 2,358
10Harris County, GA772015.4$2.4M+6.8%#226 of 2,358
97Chattooga County, GA332325.1$1.2M+1.5%#1,870 of 2,358

Other business types in Chattooga County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many gas stations are in Chattooga County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 gas stations in Chattooga County. 15 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Chattooga County, GA spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $27.1M a year, or $2,963 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,154 households in Chattooga County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Chattooga County, GA compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Chattooga County has 25.1 gas stations per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.2M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Chattooga County would have about 11, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 654 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Chattooga County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Chattooga County at 25,300 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,154 households. Median household income in Chattooga County is $50,285, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.6%, 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. Chattooga County scores 33 for gas stations (lower middle), #1,870 of 2,358 scored counties.

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