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Gas stations in Clarke County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gas stations in Clarke 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
- 5
- 4 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.7M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,875 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,574
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,875 per household (11% above the U.S. average), households in Clarke County spend about $11.7M a year on gasoline and other fuels. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each station on map listings, 2% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Clarke County has 5 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 80% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 12.3 per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Clarke County in 2023. That is one for every 679 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Clarke County declined 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, 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 Clarke 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.
| Measure | Clarke County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 679 | 783 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.8% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,875 | $2,867 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $71,641 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 114
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 54 chain locations
- 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 Clarke 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 Clarke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,574−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,071
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 431 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $71,641
- Average household income
- $95,019
- Median home value
- $161,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,411
- Daytime population
- 9,348Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Clarke County?
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 82 | 20 | 4.7 | $6.1M | +17.8% | #105 of 2,358 |
| 2Warren County, IA | 81 | 15 | 7.3 | $4.3M | +9.0% | #126 of 2,358 |
| 3Madison County, IA | 76 | 6 | 9.0 | $3.6M | +3.8% | #232 of 2,358 |
| 4Boone County, IA | 74 | 8 | 7.3 | $4.3M | +0.4% | #281 of 2,358 |
| 5Johnson County, IA | 72 | 44 | 6.9 | $3.7M | +4.6% | #334 of 2,358 |
| 6Polk County, IA | 71 | 92 | 4.5 | $6M | +4.8% | #358 of 2,358 |
| 7Story County, IA | 71 | 30 | 7.7 | $3.5M | +2.7% | #362 of 2,358 |
| 8Marshall County, IA | 67 | 11 | 7.1 | $4.3M | −0.5% | #475 of 2,358 |
| 9Marion County, IA | 66 | 16 | 12.0 | $2.7M | +2.3% | #518 of 2,358 |
| 10Plymouth County, IA | 63 | 8 | 7.8 | $4.1M | 0.0% | #609 of 2,358 |
| Clarke County, IA | Not scored | 5 | 12.3 | $2.3M | −1.6% |
Other business types in Clarke County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Clarke County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 gas stations in Clarke County. 4 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.
How much do households in Clarke County, IA spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $11.7M a year, or $2,875 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,071 households in Clarke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clarke County, IA compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Clarke County has 12.3 gas stations per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.3M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 679 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
How fast is Clarke County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Clarke County at 9,574 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,071 households. Median household income in Clarke County is $71,641, 11% 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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