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Gas stations in the Jacksonville, NC metro area
How the Jacksonville, NC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #29 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 61
- 53 chain locations (87%)
- Official establishments
- 64
- −3.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $222.9M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,962 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 53% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 217,175
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Jacksonville metro area scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #29 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for gas stations.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 61 gas stations in the Jacksonville metro area. Chain locations make up 87% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 10.9.
At $2,962 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in the Jacksonville metro area spend about $222.9M a year on gasoline and other fuels. That works out to $3.7M per station, 53% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 64 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in the Jacksonville metro area in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,176 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Jacksonville metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Jacksonville metro area grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Jacksonville metro area 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 | Jacksonville metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 12.2 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,176 | 1,006 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.0% | −5.6% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,962 | $3,002 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $68,148 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 64−3.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 541
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6153 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 94The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Jacksonville metro 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 Jacksonville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 217,175+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 75,265
- Median age
- 30.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 762 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 273
- Median household income
- $68,148+35.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,766
- Median home value
- $236,400
- Jobs located here
- 48,126
- Daytime population
- 192,000Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for gas stations, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Jacksonville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Raleigh-Cary, NC | 83 | 527 | 9.2 | $3.3M | +12.6% | #10 of 387 |
| 2Wilmington, NC | 79 | 184 | 9.2 | $3.2M | +15.9% | #21 of 387 |
| 3Jacksonville, NC | 76 | 61 | 8.1 | $3.7M | +6.0% | #29 of 387 |
| 4Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 74 | 1,140 | 10.6 | $2.8M | +10.1% | #44 of 387 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 71 | 550 | 7.8 | $3.7M | +0.9% | #58 of 387 |
| 5Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 67 | 250 | 10.1 | $2.8M | +7.5% | #86 of 387 |
| 6Winston-Salem, NC | 62 | 351 | 12.5 | $2.5M | +5.3% | #115 of 387 |
| 7Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 62 | 61 | 13.9 | $2.2M | +10.3% | #117 of 387 |
| 8Burlington, NC | 58 | 100 | 14.3 | $2.1M | +8.5% | #142 of 387 |
| 9Greenville, NC | 56 | 82 | 11.0 | $2.4M | +5.4% | #159 of 387 |
Other business types in the Jacksonville metro area
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 the Jacksonville, NC metro area?
There are 61 gas stations on map listings in the Jacksonville metro area as of September 2026. 53 of them (87%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 64 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Jacksonville, NC metro area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $222.9M a year, or $2,962 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 75,265 households in the Jacksonville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jacksonville, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Jacksonville metro area has 8.1 gas stations per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $3.7M, 53% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Jacksonville metro area would have about 94, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,176 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Jacksonville, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jacksonville metro area at 217,175 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 75,265 households. The median household income in the Jacksonville metro area is $68,148 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.5% 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. The Jacksonville metro area scores 76 for gas stations (high), #29 of 387 scored metro areas.
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