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Gas stations in Towns County, GA

How Towns 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,287 of 2,358 scored counties
#58 of 122 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
12
9 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.7M
On gasoline and other fuels · $2,985 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.3
86% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,285
+5.8% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 12 gas stations in Towns County. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 75%, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 20.3 for every 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.

At $2,985 per household (15% above the U.S. average), households in Towns County spend about $17.7M a year on gasoline and other fuels. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each station on map listings, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Towns County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 741 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Towns County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Towns County grew 5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gas stations in Towns County is 48 (lower middle), #1,287 of 2,358 scored counties and #58 of 122 scored counties in Georgia.

How Towns 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 Towns County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureTowns CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.315.510.9
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment7417991,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.5%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$2,985$2,928$2,595
Median household income$59,135$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score4843

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 8
Employees, 2023
19
Annual payroll, 2023
$495K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
129 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
13,285+5.8% since 2020
Households
5,924
Median age
54.5
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
167 sq. mi.
People per square mile
78
Median household income
$59,135+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,656
Median home value
$316,100
Jobs located here
3,452
Daytime population
11,907Residents 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 Towns 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
58Towns County, GA481220.3$1.5M+5.8%#1,287 of 2,358

Other business types in Towns County

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

Questions

How many gas stations are in Towns County, GA?

Towns County has 12 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

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

About $17.7M a year, or $2,985 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,924 households in Towns County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Towns County has 20.3 gas stations per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.5M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Towns County would have about 7, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 741 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Towns County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Towns County at 13,285 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,924 households. The median household income in Towns County is $59,135 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Towns County scores 48 for gas stations (lower middle), #1,287 of 2,358 scored counties.

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

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