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Gas stations in Benton County, TN

How Benton County, TN 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,227 of 2,358 scored counties
#64 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
12
9 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$21.2M
On gasoline and other fuels · $2,975 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.9
55% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,183
+2.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Benton County spend about $21.2M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $2,975 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. Spread across 12 gas stations, that is $1.8M per station, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

There are 12 gas stations on map listings in Benton County as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 75%, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.9, 55% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Benton County in 2023. That is one for every 791 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $800K has gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Benton County.

Population estimates show Benton County grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, Benton County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,227 of 2,358 scored counties and #64 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Benton County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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.

Gas stations in Benton County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureBenton CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.914.410.9
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.1M$2.4M
Households per official establishment7918211,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.8%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$2,975$3,038$2,595
Median household income$51,746$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4957

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 9
Employees, 2023
84
Annual payroll, 2023
$2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
129 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
1
Amount
$800K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Benton 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 Benton County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,183+2.1% since 2020
Households
7,121
Median age
46.8
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
394 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$51,746+38.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$65,813
Median home value
$153,600
Jobs located here
4,112
Daytime population
14,048Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for gas stations, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Benton County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Williamson County, TN92748.0$4.2M+9.0%#15 of 2,358
2Bledsoe County, TN85612.4$2.8M+6.5%#78 of 2,358
3Rutherford County, TN8413310.3$3.1M+12.6%#87 of 2,358
4Montgomery County, TN83869.8$3.2M+13.0%#96 of 2,358
5Wilson County, TN836711.3$2.9M+17.8%#98 of 2,358
6Hickman County, TN831212.7$2.8M+5.0%#100 of 2,358
7Macon County, TN821212.7$2.8M+9.5%#118 of 2,358
8Sumner County, TN809912.6$2.6M+9.2%#154 of 2,358
9Smith County, TN791012.6$2.8M+5.1%#175 of 2,358
10Loudon County, TN783313.7$2.6M+15.6%#201 of 2,358
64Benton County, TN491216.9$1.8M+2.1%#1,227 of 2,358

Other business types in Benton County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many gas stations are in Benton County, TN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 12 gas stations in Benton County. 9 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in Benton County, TN spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $21.2M a year, or $2,975 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,121 households in Benton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Benton County, TN compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Benton County has 16.9 gas stations per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.8M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Benton County would have about 9, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 791 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Benton County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Benton County at 16,183 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,121 households. Median household income in Benton County is $51,746, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.0%, 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. Benton County scores 49 for gas stations (lower middle), #1,227 of 2,358 scored counties.

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