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Gas stations in Erath County, TX

How Erath County, TX 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #924 of 2,358 scored counties
#52 of 161 scored counties in Texas

Listings
29
25 chain locations (86%)
Official establishments
22
+4.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$54M
On gasoline and other fuels · $3,209 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.2
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,911
+2.8% 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

Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Erath County comes to about $54M a year: $3,209 per household, 24% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per station, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Erath County has 29 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 86% of them, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.2, 58% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Erath County was 22 in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 764 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $4.3M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Erath County.

Population estimates show Erath County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gas stations in Erath County is 56 (upper middle), #924 of 2,358 scored counties and #52 of 161 scored counties in Texas.

How Erath County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Erath County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureErath CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.214.510.9
Spending per listing$1.9M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment7641,0301,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.8%−6.3%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$3,209$2,897$2,595
Median household income$65,115$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5658

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
21 → 22+4.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
166
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2925 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$4.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
43,911+2.8% since 2020
Households
16,816
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,083 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$65,115+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,669
Median home value
$269,100
Jobs located here
17,708
Daytime population
40,954Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Denton County, TX902737.6$4.1M+16.9%#27 of 2,358
2Rockwall County, TX904210.2$3.4M+28.9%#29 of 2,358
3Comal County, TX907410.4$3.1M+27.9%#30 of 2,358
4Collin County, TX882917.0$4.3M+20.6%#48 of 2,358
5Wilson County, TX862413.2$2.8M+12.2%#67 of 2,358
6Bandera County, TX851213.0$2.5M+9.0%#81 of 2,358
7Hays County, TX8312612.6$2.4M+24.8%#103 of 2,358
8Randall County, TX81478.3$3.6M+7.9%#131 of 2,358
9Williamson County, TX8126110.3$2.9M+22.3%#137 of 2,358
10Guadalupe County, TX818412.8$2.5M+15.8%#140 of 2,358
52Erath County, TX562917.2$1.9M+2.8%#924 of 2,358

Other business types in Erath County

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

Questions

How many gas stations are in Erath County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 gas stations in Erath County. 25 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Erath County, TX spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $54M a year, or $3,209 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,816 households in Erath County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Erath County, TX compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Erath County has 17.2 gas stations per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.9M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Erath County would have about 23, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 764 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Erath County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Erath County at 43,911 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,816 households. Median household income in Erath County is $65,115, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Erath County scores 56 for gas stations (upper middle), #924 of 2,358 scored counties.

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