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Gas stations in Wapello County, IA
How Wapello County, IA 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,457 of 2,358 scored counties
#37 of 64 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 17
- 12 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $39M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,786 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.1
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,210
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 gas stations in Wapello County. 12 of them (71%) are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. That is 12.1 per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Wapello County comes to about $39M a year: $2,786 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 17 gas stations, that is $2.3M per station, 4% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Wapello County was 21 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 667 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Wapello County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Wapello County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #1,457 of 2,358 scored counties and #37 of 64 scored counties in Iowa.
How Wapello 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 | Wapello County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.1 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.8M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 667 | 783 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −2.8% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,786 | $2,867 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $64,766 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 210.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 252
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1712 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Wapello 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 Wapello County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,210−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,997
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 432 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $64,766+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,469
- Median home value
- $125,100
- Jobs located here
- 15,175
- Daytime population
- 34,077Residents 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 |
| 37Wapello County, IA | 43 | 17 | 12.1 | $2.3M | −0.3% | #1,457 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Wapello County
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 Wapello County, IA?
Wapello County has 17 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Wapello County, IA spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $39M a year, or $2,786 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,997 households in Wapello County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wapello County, IA compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Wapello County has 12.1 gas stations per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.3M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Wapello County would have about 16, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 667 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Wapello County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Wapello County at 35,210 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,997 households. The median household income in Wapello County is $64,766 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.1% 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. Wapello County scores 43 for gas stations (lower middle), #1,457 of 2,358 scored counties.
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