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Gas stations in Powder River County, MT
How Powder River County, MT 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
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.7M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,777 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 1,781
- +5.1% since 2020
See the gas stations around any address in Powder River County
The site report maps the gas stations on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Powder River County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 gas stations in Powder River County. That is 28.2 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Powder River County comes to about $2.7M a year: $3,777 per household, 46% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2 gas stations, that is $1.3M per station.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Powder River County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Powder River County grew 5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Powder River County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Powder River County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.2 | 17.6 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.7M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 938 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.6% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,777 | $2,972 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $67,045 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Powder River 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 Powder River County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,781+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 708
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.7
- Land area
- 3,298 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $67,045
- Average household income
- $95,150
- Median home value
- $192,100
- Jobs located here
- 443
- Daytime population
- 1,611Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Powder River County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the gas stations on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ravalli County, MT | 85 | 24 | 12.9 | $2.5M | +9.4% | #82 of 2,358 |
| 2Jefferson County, MT | 79 | 8 | 16.0 | $2.4M | +9.8% | #180 of 2,358 |
| 3Gallatin County, MT | 76 | 68 | 13.3 | $2.3M | +7.7% | #242 of 2,358 |
| 4Lake County, MT | 75 | 18 | 14.3 | $2.2M | +6.9% | #271 of 2,358 |
| 5Lewis and Clark County, MT | 71 | 34 | 10.9 | $2.6M | +5.8% | #378 of 2,358 |
| 6Yellowstone County, MT | 63 | 104 | 14.9 | $1.9M | +4.5% | #630 of 2,358 |
| 7Flathead County, MT | 62 | 78 | 17.6 | $1.7M | +10.1% | #686 of 2,358 |
| 8Carbon County, MT | 59 | 12 | 25.7 | $1.3M | +9.1% | #815 of 2,358 |
| 9Cascade County, MT | 55 | 47 | 13.2 | $2.1M | +0.7% | #951 of 2,358 |
| 10Fergus County, MT | 51 | 9 | 17.0 | $1.8M | +3.1% | #1,130 of 2,358 |
| Powder River County, MT | Not scored | 2 | 28.2 | $1.3M | +5.1% |
Other business types in Powder River County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Powder River County, MT?
Powder River County has 2 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count gas stations. No official count is published for gasoline stations in Powder River County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Powder River County, MT spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $2.7M a year, or $3,777 per household. That is 46% above the U.S. average (an index of 146, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 708 households in Powder River County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Powder River County, MT compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Powder River 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, Powder River County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Powder River County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Powder River County at 1,781 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 708 households. The median household income in Powder River County is $67,045 a year, 17% 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.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Powder River County. It maps the gas stations on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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