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Gas stations in Larue County, KY

How Larue County, KY 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #719 of 2,358 scored counties
#28 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
10
9 chain locations (90%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$21M
On gasoline and other fuels · $3,507 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.7
53% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,184
+2.1% 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 10 gas stations in Larue County. Chain locations make up 90% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 16.7 for every 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.

Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Larue County comes to about $21M a year: $3,507 per household, 35% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each station on map listings, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Larue County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 750 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Larue County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Larue County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #719 of 2,358 scored counties and #28 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Larue County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Larue County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureLarue CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.715.210.9
Spending per listing$2.1M$1.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment7509121,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.2%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$3,507$2,887$2,595
Median household income$67,067$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score6139

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 8
Employees, 2023
30
Annual payroll, 2023
$787K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
109 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Larue 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 Larue County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,184+2.1% since 2020
Households
5,996
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
261 sq. mi.
People per square mile
58
Median household income
$67,067+40.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,634
Median home value
$183,500
Jobs located here
2,612
Daytime population
11,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY92187.8$4.6M+4.9%#14 of 2,358
2Spencer County, KY89912.3$3.3M+7.7%#38 of 2,358
3Shelby County, KY842211.9$2.8M+6.2%#88 of 2,358
4Pendleton County, KY83611.0$3.2M+1.1%#95 of 2,358
5Green County, KY79715.8$2.2M+4.6%#182 of 2,358
6Allen County, KY78911.2$2.9M+9.5%#197 of 2,358
7Kenton County, KY77598.8$3.3M+3.9%#214 of 2,358
8Edmonson County, KY77611.8$2.7M+5.0%#221 of 2,358
9Boone County, KY766512.8$2.5M+6.5%#241 of 2,358
10Jessamine County, KY75199.5$3.1M+7.8%#256 of 2,358
28Larue County, KY611016.7$2.1M+2.1%#719 of 2,358

Other business types in Larue County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many gas stations are in Larue County, KY?

There are 10 gas stations on map listings in Larue County as of September 2026. 9 of them (90%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in Larue County, KY spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $21M a year, or $3,507 per household. That is 35% above the U.S. average (an index of 135, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,996 households in Larue County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Larue County, KY compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Larue County has 16.7 gas stations per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.1M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Larue County would have about 9, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 750 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Larue County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Larue County at 15,184 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,996 households. The median household income in Larue County is $67,067 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.8% 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. Larue County scores 61 for gas stations (upper middle), #719 of 2,358 scored counties.

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 Larue County

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