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Gas stations in Dauphin County, PA
How Dauphin County, PA 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #650 of 2,358 scored counties
#11 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 81
- 68 chain locations (84%)
- Official establishments
- 96
- −11.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $238.6M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $1,966 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 293,351
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 81 gas stations in Dauphin County. Of those, 68 are chain locations, or 84%, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.7, 39% below the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Dauphin County comes to about $238.6M a year: $1,966 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per station, 23% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Dauphin County was 96 in 2023, down 11.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,264 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Dauphin County.
Population estimates show Dauphin County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gas stations in Dauphin County is 62 (upper middle), #650 of 2,358 scored counties and #11 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Dauphin County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Dauphin County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 7.3 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.7M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,264 | 1,448 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −11.9% | −8.0% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $1,966 | $1,930 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $76,242 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 109 → 96−11.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,294
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $41M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8168 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 100The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Dauphin 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 Dauphin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 293,351+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 121,358
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 525 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 552
- Median household income
- $76,242+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,388
- Median home value
- $236,400
- Jobs located here
- 201,933
- Daytime population
- 355,122Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Adams County, PA | 75 | 20 | 4.9 | $5M | +3.6% | #246 of 2,358 |
| 2York County, PA | 74 | 56 | 3.1 | $7.3M | +3.6% | #275 of 2,358 |
| 3Chester County, PA | 74 | 103 | 5.0 | $4.4M | +4.2% | #280 of 2,358 |
| 4Franklin County, PA | 70 | 37 | 5.8 | $4M | +3.0% | #394 of 2,358 |
| 5Cumberland County, PA | 70 | 73 | 6.9 | $3.1M | +6.5% | #399 of 2,358 |
| 6Berks County, PA | 69 | 81 | 5.0 | $4.3M | +2.7% | #419 of 2,358 |
| 7Lancaster County, PA | 68 | 93 | 4.4 | $4.8M | +1.9% | #449 of 2,358 |
| 8Montgomery County, PA | 68 | 209 | 6.2 | $3.4M | +2.4% | #452 of 2,358 |
| 9Bucks County, PA | 66 | 150 | 6.0 | $3.7M | +0.3% | #507 of 2,358 |
| 10Northampton County, PA | 63 | 93 | 7.6 | $2.8M | +3.7% | #615 of 2,358 |
| 11Dauphin County, PA | 62 | 81 | 6.7 | $2.9M | +2.3% | #650 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Dauphin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in Dauphin County, PA?
There are 81 gas stations on map listings in Dauphin County as of September 2026. 68 of them (84%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 96 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 11.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Dauphin County, PA spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $238.6M a year, or $1,966 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 81 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 121,358 households in Dauphin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dauphin County, PA compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Dauphin County has 6.7 gas stations per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.9M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Dauphin County would have about 100, against 81 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,264 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Dauphin County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Dauphin County at 293,351 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 121,358 households. The median household income in Dauphin County is $76,242 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Dauphin County scores 62 for gas stations (upper middle), #650 of 2,358 scored counties.
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