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Gas stations in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL area
How the Charleston-Mattoon, IL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #163 of 536 scored small-town markets
#3 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 19
- 17 chain locations (89%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $49.4M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,371 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,607
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,371 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Charleston-Mattoon area spend about $49.4M a year on gasoline and other fuels. Spread across 19 gas stations, that is $2.6M per station, 9% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Charleston-Mattoon area has 19 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (89%) are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.1, 17% below the U.S. rate of 10.9.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in the Charleston-Mattoon area was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 1,157 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Charleston-Mattoon area declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Charleston-Mattoon area scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #163 of 536 scored small-town markets and #3 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois.
How the Charleston-Mattoon area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Charleston-Mattoon area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 9.2 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,157 | 1,319 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,371 | $2,409 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $56,478 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 180
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1917 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 the Charleston-Mattoon area, 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 the Charleston-Mattoon area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,607−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 20,824
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 508 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $56,478
- Average household income
- $74,657
- Median home value
- $127,400
- Jobs located here
- 24,356
- Daytime population
- 50,698Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for gas stations, numbered among those based in Illinois, with the Charleston-Mattoon area marked.
Top small-town markets in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carbondale, IL | 62 | 15 | 6.5 | $3.6M | −1.5% | #140 of 536 |
| 2Lincoln, IL | 60 | 6 | 5.3 | $4.9M | −2.5% | #160 of 536 |
| 3Charleston-Mattoon, IL | 60 | 19 | 9.1 | $2.6M | −1.0% | #163 of 536 |
| 4Marion-Herrin, IL | 58 | 22 | 7.6 | $3.5M | +0.2% | #181 of 536 |
| 5Quincy, IL-MO | 58 | 30 | 9.6 | $2.8M | −2.0% | #182 of 536 |
| 6Macomb, IL | 56 | 10 | 8.4 | $2.8M | −4.5% | #204 of 536 |
| 7Sterling, IL | 53 | 29 | 12.5 | $2.1M | −2.6% | #233 of 536 |
| 8Galesburg, IL | 50 | 23 | 11.0 | $2.3M | −4.1% | #275 of 536 |
| 9Centralia, IL | 48 | 19 | 12.2 | $2.1M | −3.4% | #297 of 536 |
| 10Ottawa, IL | 48 | 81 | 13.1 | $2.1M | −1.6% | #299 of 536 |
Other business types in the Charleston-Mattoon area
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 the Charleston-Mattoon, IL area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 gas stations in the Charleston-Mattoon area. 17 of them (89%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.
How much do households in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $49.4M a year, or $2,371 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,824 households in the Charleston-Mattoon area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Charleston-Mattoon, IL area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Charleston-Mattoon area has 9.1 gas stations per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.6M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Charleston-Mattoon area would have about 21, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,157 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
How fast is the Charleston-Mattoon, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Charleston-Mattoon area at 46,607 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,824 households. Median household income in the Charleston-Mattoon area is $56,478, 30% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Charleston-Mattoon area scores 60 for gas stations (upper middle), #163 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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