Auto · Small-town market · Missouri
Gas stations in the Poplar Bluff, MO area
How the Poplar Bluff, MO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #395 of 536 scored small-town markets
#9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri
- Listings
- 22
- 12 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- −17.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $40.8M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,457 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.3
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,904
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 gas stations in the Poplar Bluff area. 12 of them (55%) are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.3, 22% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in the Poplar Bluff area comes to about $40.8M a year: $2,457 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per station, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in the Poplar Bluff area in 2023, down 17.2% from 2019. That is one for every 691 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.9M has gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Poplar Bluff area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Poplar Bluff area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for gas stations in the Poplar Bluff area is 38 (lower middle), #395 of 536 scored small-town markets and #9 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.
How the Poplar Bluff area compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Poplar Bluff area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.3 | 13.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 691 | 952 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.2% | +0.4% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,457 | $2,681 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $49,089 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24−17.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 425
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2212 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Poplar Bluff area, 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 the Poplar Bluff area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,904−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 16,594
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 695 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $49,089
- Average household income
- $67,066
- Median home value
- $145,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,059
- Daytime population
- 43,334Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for gas stations, numbered among those based in Missouri (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Poplar Bluff area marked.
Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warrensburg, MO | 78 | 29 | 13.8 | $2.1M | +4.9% | #38 of 536 |
| 2Farmington, MO | 70 | 25 | 10.1 | $2.7M | +2.1% | #73 of 536 |
| Quincy, IL-MO | 58 | 30 | 9.6 | $2.8M | −2.0% | #182 of 536 |
| 3Maryville, MO | 57 | 11 | 13.0 | $2.3M | −4.0% | #193 of 536 |
| 4West Plains, MO | 54 | 24 | 15.0 | $1.9M | +2.5% | #223 of 536 |
| 5Sedalia, MO | 52 | 26 | 15.3 | $1.8M | +2.9% | #249 of 536 |
| 6Sikeston, MO | 43 | 29 | 14.6 | $1.8M | −0.3% | #341 of 536 |
| 7Moberly, MO | 43 | 15 | 16.2 | $1.7M | +0.2% | #345 of 536 |
| 8Rolla, MO | 40 | 29 | 16.7 | $1.6M | +1.6% | #377 of 536 |
| 9Poplar Bluff, MO | 38 | 22 | 13.3 | $1.9M | −0.4% | #395 of 536 |
Other business types in the Poplar Bluff area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many gas stations are in the Poplar Bluff, MO area?
There are 22 gas stations on map listings in the Poplar Bluff area as of September 2026. 12 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 17.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the Poplar Bluff, MO area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $40.8M a year, or $2,457 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,594 households in the Poplar Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Poplar Bluff, MO area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Poplar Bluff area has 13.3 gas stations per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.9M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Poplar Bluff area would have about 17, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 691 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Poplar Bluff, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Poplar Bluff area at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. The median household income in the Poplar Bluff area is $49,089 a year, 39% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Poplar Bluff area scores 38 for gas stations (lower middle), #395 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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