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Gas stations in Monona County, IA
How Monona County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 10
- 8 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.2M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,158 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.8
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,539
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 gas stations in Monona County. Chain locations make up 80% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 25.8 per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 10.9.
At $3,158 per household (22% above the U.S. average), households in Monona County spend about $12.2M a year on gasoline and other fuels. Spread across 10 gas stations, that is $1.2M per station, 49% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Monona County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 431 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Monona County declined 2.4% 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 Monona 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 | Monona County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.8 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $2.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 431 | 783 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.8% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,158 | $2,867 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $68,377 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 94
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 108 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 Monona 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 Monona County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,539−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 3,878
- Median age
- 45.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 694 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $68,377
- Average household income
- $81,023
- Median home value
- $142,900
- Jobs located here
- 2,419
- Daytime population
- 6,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Monona County, IA | Not scored | 10 | 25.8 | $1.2M | −2.4% |
Other business types in Monona 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 Monona County, IA?
There are 10 gas stations on map listings in Monona County as of September 2026. 8 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.
How much do households in Monona County, IA spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $12.2M a year, or $3,158 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,878 households in Monona County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Monona County, IA compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Monona County has 25.8 gas stations per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.2M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Monona County would have about 5, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 431 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
How fast is Monona County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Monona County at 8,539 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,878 households. The median household income in Monona County is $68,377 a year, 15% 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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