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Gas stations in Bertie County, NC
The gas stations in Bertie County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,078 of 2,358 scored counties
#90 of 94 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 16
- 16 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.3M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,119 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.4
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,086
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
For gas stations, Bertie County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #2,078 of 2,358 scored counties and #90 of 94 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,119 per household (20% above the U.S. average), households in Bertie County spend about $22.3M a year on gasoline and other fuels. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each station on map listings, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 16 gas stations on map listings in Bertie County as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. That is 22.4 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 10.9.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Bertie County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 476 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Population estimates show Bertie County declined 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bertie County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Bertie County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.4 | 12.2 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 476 | 1,006 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.6% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,119 | $3,002 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $48,750 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1616 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Bertie 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 Bertie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,086−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 7,143
- Median age
- 47.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 699 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $48,750+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,465
- Median home value
- $98,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,889
- Daytime population
- 15,340Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pender County, NC | 91 | 24 | 9.5 | $3.5M | +19.0% | #22 of 2,358 |
| 2Clay County, NC | 89 | 5 | 9.8 | $3.3M | +9.9% | #39 of 2,358 |
| 3Franklin County, NC | 86 | 28 | 9.8 | $3.4M | +18.8% | #64 of 2,358 |
| 4Madison County, NC | 86 | 9 | 10.8 | $3M | +5.9% | #65 of 2,358 |
| 5Brunswick County, NC | 85 | 67 | 9.7 | $3.2M | +26.5% | #75 of 2,358 |
| 6Union County, NC | 85 | 114 | 13.5 | $2.6M | +11.7% | #79 of 2,358 |
| 7Wake County, NC | 83 | 381 | 8.3 | $3.5M | +11.2% | #94 of 2,358 |
| 8Alleghany County, NC | 81 | 5 | 9.7 | $3.3M | +5.4% | #133 of 2,358 |
| 9Cabarrus County, NC | 81 | 95 | 11.3 | $2.8M | +9.9% | #138 of 2,358 |
| 10Pamlico County, NC | 81 | 6 | 11.0 | $2.8M | +3.7% | #139 of 2,358 |
| 90Bertie County, NC | 26 | 16 | 22.4 | $1.4M | −3.6% | #2,078 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Bertie County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in Bertie County, NC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 gas stations in Bertie County. 16 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.
How much do households in Bertie County, NC spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $22.3M a year, or $3,119 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,143 households in Bertie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bertie County, NC compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Bertie County has 22.4 gas stations per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.4M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Bertie County would have about 9, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 476 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
How fast is Bertie County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Bertie County at 17,086 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,143 households. Median household income in Bertie County is $48,750, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.2%, 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. Bertie County scores 26 for gas stations (lower middle), #2,078 of 2,358 scored counties.
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