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Gas stations in Van Wert County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gas stations in Van Wert County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,164 of 2,358 scored counties
#48 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 17
- 15 chain locations (88%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.2M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,957 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.7
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,013
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Van Wert County comes to about $34.2M a year: $2,957 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each station on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Van Wert County has 17 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 88%, against 84% across the U.S. That is 14.7 per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Van Wert County in 2023. That is one for every 825 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Van Wert County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, Van Wert County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,164 of 2,358 scored counties and #48 of 88 scored counties in Ohio.
How Van Wert County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Van Wert County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.7 | 10.3 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.5M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 825 | 1,256 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.9% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,957 | $2,610 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $67,917 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 112
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1715 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Van Wert 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 Van Wert County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,013+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,549
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $67,917+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,591
- Median home value
- $152,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,293
- Daytime population
- 25,207Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 89 | 41 | 5.0 | $6M | +12.5% | #31 of 2,358 |
| 2Warren County, OH | 86 | 78 | 8.5 | $3.6M | +5.7% | #63 of 2,358 |
| 3Union County, OH | 85 | 27 | 11.1 | $2.8M | +16.5% | #77 of 2,358 |
| 4Fairfield County, OH | 81 | 59 | 9.8 | $3.1M | +6.5% | #136 of 2,358 |
| 5Clermont County, OH | 76 | 79 | 9.3 | $3.1M | +3.9% | #235 of 2,358 |
| 6Greene County, OH | 75 | 56 | 8.2 | $3.4M | +3.7% | #252 of 2,358 |
| 7Licking County, OH | 74 | 58 | 8.5 | $3.4M | +3.8% | #290 of 2,358 |
| 8Perry County, OH | 74 | 13 | 9.7 | $3.2M | +1.3% | #292 of 2,358 |
| 9Butler County, OH | 72 | 132 | 9.0 | $3.2M | +2.4% | #337 of 2,358 |
| 10Champaign County, OH | 72 | 17 | 10.9 | $2.8M | +0.2% | #343 of 2,358 |
| 48Van Wert County, OH | 50 | 17 | 14.7 | $2M | +0.3% | #1,164 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Van Wert 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 Van Wert County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 gas stations in Van Wert County. 15 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.
How much do households in Van Wert County, OH spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $34.2M a year, or $2,957 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,549 households in Van Wert County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Van Wert County, OH compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Van Wert County has 14.7 gas stations per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Van Wert County would have about 14, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 825 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
How fast is Van Wert County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Van Wert County at 29,013 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,549 households. Median household income in Van Wert County is $67,917, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Van Wert County scores 50 for gas stations (upper middle), #1,164 of 2,358 scored counties.
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