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Gas stations in Adair County, IA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gas stations in Adair County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.

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
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.7M
On gasoline and other fuels · $3,319 a household
Spending per listing
$10.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
7,403
−1.3% 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 1 gas station in Adair County. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households.

Households in Adair County spend about $10.7M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $3,319 per household, 28% above the U.S. average. That is about $10.7M of household spending for each station on map listings.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Adair County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 462 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Adair County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, 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 Adair County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Adair County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureAdair CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.110.410.9
Spending per listing$10.7M$2.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment4627831,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.8%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$3,319$2,867$2,595
Median household income$68,092$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 7
Employees, 2023
81
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Adair 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 Adair County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,403−1.3% since 2020
Households
3,236
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
569 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$68,092
Average household income
$93,814
Median home value
$160,400
Jobs located here
2,900
Daytime population
6,793Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Iowa

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

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dallas County, IA82204.7$6.1M+17.8%#105 of 2,358
2Warren County, IA81157.3$4.3M+9.0%#126 of 2,358
3Madison County, IA7669.0$3.6M+3.8%#232 of 2,358
4Boone County, IA7487.3$4.3M+0.4%#281 of 2,358
5Johnson County, IA72446.9$3.7M+4.6%#334 of 2,358
6Polk County, IA71924.5$6M+4.8%#358 of 2,358
7Story County, IA71307.7$3.5M+2.7%#362 of 2,358
8Marshall County, IA67117.1$4.3M−0.5%#475 of 2,358
9Marion County, IA661612.0$2.7M+2.3%#518 of 2,358
10Plymouth County, IA6387.8$4.1M0.0%#609 of 2,358
Adair County, IANot scored13.1$10.7M−1.3%

Other business types in Adair 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 Adair County, IA?

Adair County has 1 gas station on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in Adair County, IA spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $10.7M a year, or $3,319 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 gas station on map listings, it comes to $10.7M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,236 households in Adair County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Adair County, IA compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Adair County has 1 gas station on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Adair County would have about 5, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 462 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Adair County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Adair County at 7,403 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,236 households. The median household income in Adair County is $68,092 a year, 16% 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?

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

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