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Gas stations in Essex County, NJ
How Essex County, NJ 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #599 of 2,358 scored counties
#6 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 197
- 170 chain locations (86%)
- Official establishments
- 147
- −13.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $480.4M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $1,502 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 896,379
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 197 gas stations in Essex County. 170 of them (86%) are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Essex County comes to about $480.4M a year: $1,502 per household, 42% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each station on map listings, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Essex County was 147 in 2023, down 13.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,175 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $275K have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Essex County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Essex County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gas stations in Essex County is 64 (upper middle), #599 of 2,358 scored counties and #6 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Essex County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Essex County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 8.0 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,175 | 1,579 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.0% | −6.3% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $1,502 | $1,914 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $80,789 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 169 → 147−13.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 904
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 197170 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 201The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $275K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Essex 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 Essex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 896,379+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 319,788
- Median age
- 38.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 126 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6,845
- Median household income
- $80,789+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,554
- Median home value
- $524,100
- Jobs located here
- 362,597
- Daytime population
- 843,719Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ocean County, NJ | 74 | 133 | 5.5 | $3.8M | +5.6% | #286 of 2,358 |
| 2Gloucester County, NJ | 71 | 72 | 6.4 | $3.5M | +3.3% | #363 of 2,358 |
| 3Somerset County, NJ | 66 | 105 | 8.0 | $2.7M | +3.5% | #517 of 2,358 |
| 4Burlington County, NJ | 65 | 154 | 8.7 | $2.5M | +4.3% | #559 of 2,358 |
| 5Cumberland County, NJ | 64 | 41 | 7.6 | $2.7M | +2.2% | #596 of 2,358 |
| 6Essex County, NJ | 64 | 197 | 6.2 | $2.4M | +4.2% | #599 of 2,358 |
| 7Atlantic County, NJ | 62 | 75 | 6.8 | $2.8M | +1.6% | #654 of 2,358 |
| 8Cape May County, NJ | 61 | 25 | 5.6 | $3.7M | −1.7% | #693 of 2,358 |
| 9Camden County, NJ | 61 | 160 | 7.9 | $2.4M | +2.4% | #708 of 2,358 |
| 10Mercer County, NJ | 61 | 114 | 7.9 | $2.4M | +3.3% | #710 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Essex 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 Essex County, NJ?
Essex County has 197 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 170 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 147 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 13.0% from 2019. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Essex County, NJ spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $480.4M a year, or $1,502 per household. That is 42% below the U.S. average (an index of 58, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 197 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 319,788 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Essex County, NJ compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Essex County has 6.2 gas stations per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.4M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Essex County would have about 201, against 197 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,175 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Essex County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Essex County at 896,379 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 319,788 households. The median household income in Essex County is $80,789 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% 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. Essex County scores 64 for gas stations (upper middle), #599 of 2,358 scored counties.
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