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Gas stations in Salem County, NJ
How Salem 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,364 of 2,358 scored counties
#20 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 29
- 21 chain locations (72%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- +15.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $52.2M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,103 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.7
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,280
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 gas stations in Salem County. Chain locations make up 72% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 11.7 per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Salem County comes to about $52.2M a year: $2,103 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 29 gas stations, that is $1.8M per station, 24% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Salem County was 23 in 2023, up 15.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,080 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $5.2M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Salem County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Salem County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gas stations in Salem County is 46 (lower middle), #1,364 of 2,358 scored counties and #20 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Salem 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 | Salem County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.7 | 8.0 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,080 | 1,579 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.0% | −6.3% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,103 | $1,914 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $79,960 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 23+15.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 271
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2921 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $5.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Salem 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 Salem County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,280+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 24,846
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 332 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 197
- Median household income
- $79,960+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,600
- Median home value
- $239,500
- Jobs located here
- 21,251
- Daytime population
- 51,699Residents 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 |
| 20Salem County, NJ | 46 | 29 | 11.7 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #1,364 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Salem County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in Salem County, NJ?
There are 29 gas stations on map listings in Salem County as of September 2026. 21 of them (72%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 15.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Salem County, NJ spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $52.2M a year, or $2,103 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,846 households in Salem County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salem County, NJ compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Salem County has 11.7 gas stations per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.8M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Salem County would have about 22, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,080 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Salem County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Salem County at 66,280 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,846 households. The median household income in Salem County is $79,960 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.6% 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. Salem County scores 46 for gas stations (lower middle), #1,364 of 2,358 scored counties.
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