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Gas stations in Goodhue County, MN
The gas stations in Goodhue County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #868 of 2,358 scored counties
#33 of 62 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 25
- 20 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $57.8M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,932 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.7
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,195
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Goodhue County spend about $57.8M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $2,932 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Spread across 25 gas stations, that is $2.3M per station, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Goodhue County has 25 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 80% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 12.7 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Goodhue County in 2023. That is one for every 897 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Goodhue County.
Population estimates put the population change in Goodhue County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, Goodhue County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #868 of 2,358 scored counties and #33 of 62 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Goodhue 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.
| Measure | Goodhue County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.7 | 8.2 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $3.3M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 897 | 1,132 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.7% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,932 | $2,736 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $84,171 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 301
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2520 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Goodhue 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 Goodhue County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,195+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 19,727
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 757 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 63
- Median household income
- $84,171+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,161
- Median home value
- $285,100
- Jobs located here
- 19,843
- Daytime population
- 42,664Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sherburne County, MN | 89 | 26 | 7.3 | $4.4M | +6.8% | #33 of 2,358 |
| 2Scott County, MN | 88 | 23 | 4.2 | $7.4M | +5.1% | #42 of 2,358 |
| 3Carver County, MN | 88 | 22 | 5.3 | $5.7M | +6.6% | #44 of 2,358 |
| 4Wright County, MN | 88 | 43 | 8.0 | $4.1M | +11.1% | #50 of 2,358 |
| 5Isanti County, MN | 86 | 11 | 6.8 | $4.8M | +7.3% | #60 of 2,358 |
| 6Washington County, MN | 85 | 49 | 4.6 | $6.2M | +6.9% | #68 of 2,358 |
| 7Anoka County, MN | 78 | 91 | 6.6 | $4.4M | +4.7% | #185 of 2,358 |
| 8Chisago County, MN | 78 | 17 | 8.0 | $4.2M | +4.3% | #187 of 2,358 |
| 9Dakota County, MN | 77 | 107 | 6.1 | $4.5M | +3.9% | #206 of 2,358 |
| 10Rice County, MN | 75 | 19 | 8.1 | $3.6M | +4.2% | #251 of 2,358 |
| 33Goodhue County, MN | 57 | 25 | 12.7 | $2.3M | +1.3% | #868 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Goodhue 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 Goodhue County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 gas stations in Goodhue County. 20 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.
How much do households in Goodhue County, MN spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $57.8M a year, or $2,932 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,727 households in Goodhue County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Goodhue County, MN compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Goodhue County has 12.7 gas stations per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.3M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Goodhue County would have about 24, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 897 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
How fast is Goodhue County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Goodhue County at 48,195 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,727 households. Median household income in Goodhue County is $84,171, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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. Goodhue County scores 57 for gas stations (upper middle), #868 of 2,358 scored counties.
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