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Gas stations in Worth County, IA

How Worth 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
2
2 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11M
On gasoline and other fuels · $3,447 a household
Spending per listing
$5.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
6.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
7,338
−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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 gas stations in Worth County. That is 6.3 per 10,000 households.

Households in Worth County spend about $11M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $3,447 per household, 33% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.5M of household spending for each station on map listings.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Worth County in 2023. That is one for every 636 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Worth County declined 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 Worth 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 Worth County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureWorth CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.310.410.9
Spending per listing$5.5M$2.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment6367831,184
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$3,447$2,867$2,595
Median household income$78,008$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored47

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
54
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
22 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 Worth 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 Worth County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,338−1.3% since 2020
Households
3,178
Median age
45.5
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
400 sq. mi.
People per square mile
18
Median household income
$78,008
Average household income
$91,205
Median home value
$145,800
Jobs located here
2,211
Daytime population
6,017Residents 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 Worth 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
Worth County, IANot scored26.3$5.5M−1.3%

Other business types in Worth 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 Worth County, IA?

There are 2 gas stations on map listings in Worth County as of September 2026. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

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

About $11M a year, or $3,447 per household. That is 33% above the U.S. average (an index of 133, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $5.5M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,178 households in Worth County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Worth County has 2 gas stations on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Worth County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 636 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Worth County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Worth County at 7,338 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,178 households. The median household income in Worth County is $78,008 a year, 3% 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.

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