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Gas stations in Big Stone County, MN

How Big Stone County, MN 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
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.4M
On gasoline and other fuels · $2,994 a household
Spending per listing
$6.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
5,054
−2.0% 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 1 gas station in Big Stone County. That is 4.7 per 10,000 households.

Households in Big Stone County spend about $6.4M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $2,994 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That is about $6.4M of household spending for each station on map listings.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Big Stone County in 2023. That is one for every 534 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Big Stone County declined 2.0% 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 Big Stone County compares

The same measures for Minnesota 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 Big Stone County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureBig Stone CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.78.210.9
Spending per listing$6.4M$3.3M$2.4M
Households per official establishment5341,1321,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.7%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$2,994$2,736$2,595
Median household income$70,400$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored63

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
32
Annual payroll, 2023
$816K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Big Stone 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 Big Stone County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,054−2.0% since 2020
Households
2,136
Median age
47.5
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
499 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$70,400
Average household income
$95,274
Median home value
$169,100
Jobs located here
1,850
Daytime population
4,690Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for gas stations, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Big Stone County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sherburne County, MN89267.3$4.4M+6.8%#33 of 2,358
2Scott County, MN88234.2$7.4M+5.1%#42 of 2,358
3Carver County, MN88225.3$5.7M+6.6%#44 of 2,358
4Wright County, MN88438.0$4.1M+11.1%#50 of 2,358
5Isanti County, MN86116.8$4.8M+7.3%#60 of 2,358
6Washington County, MN85494.6$6.2M+6.9%#68 of 2,358
7Anoka County, MN78916.6$4.4M+4.7%#185 of 2,358
8Chisago County, MN78178.0$4.2M+4.3%#187 of 2,358
9Dakota County, MN771076.1$4.5M+3.9%#206 of 2,358
10Rice County, MN75198.1$3.6M+4.2%#251 of 2,358
Big Stone County, MNNot scored14.7$6.4M−2.0%

Other business types in Big Stone 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 Big Stone County, MN?

There is 1 gas station on map listings in Big Stone County as of September 2026. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in Big Stone County, MN spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $6.4M a year, or $2,994 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 gas station on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,136 households in Big Stone County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Big Stone County, MN compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Big Stone County has 1 gas station on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Big Stone County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 534 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Big Stone County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Big Stone County at 5,054 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,136 households. The median household income in Big Stone County is $70,400 a year, 13% 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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