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Gas stations in Gillespie County, TX

How Gillespie 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #727 of 2,358 scored counties
#37 of 161 scored counties in Texas

Listings
24
16 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$35.9M
On gasoline and other fuels · $3,120 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.8
91% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,527
+6.6% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 gas stations in Gillespie County. 16 of them (67%) are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.8, 91% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.

Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Gillespie County comes to about $35.9M a year: $3,120 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per station, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Gillespie County in 2023. That is one for every 1,151 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Gillespie County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, Gillespie County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #727 of 2,358 scored counties and #37 of 161 scored counties in Texas.

How Gillespie 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 Gillespie County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGillespie CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.814.510.9
Spending per listing$1.5M$2M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,1511,0301,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.3%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$3,120$2,897$2,595
Median household income$76,162$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6158

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 10
Employees, 2023
76
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2416 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The 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 Gillespie 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 Gillespie County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,527+6.6% since 2020
Households
11,513
Median age
49.6
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,058 sq. mi.
People per square mile
26
Median household income
$76,162+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$116,131
Median home value
$460,700
Jobs located here
11,821
Daytime population
27,066Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Texas

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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
37Gillespie County, TX612420.8$1.5M+6.6%#727 of 2,358

Other business types in Gillespie County

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

Questions

How many gas stations are in Gillespie County, TX?

There are 24 gas stations on map listings in Gillespie County as of September 2026. 16 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

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

About $35.9M a year, or $3,120 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,513 households in Gillespie County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Gillespie County has 20.8 gas stations per 10,000 households, 91% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.5M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Gillespie County would have about 15, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,151 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Gillespie County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Gillespie County at 28,527 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,513 households. The median household income in Gillespie County is $76,162 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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. Gillespie County scores 61 for gas stations (upper middle), #727 of 2,358 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for gas stations · All 56 business types in Gillespie County

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