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Gas stations in the Wichita Falls, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gas stations in the Wichita Falls, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #343 of 387 scored metro areas
#25 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 110
- 92 chain locations (84%)
- Official establishments
- 66
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $160.8M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,833 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.4
- 78% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 149,448
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For gas stations, the Wichita Falls metro area has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #343 of 387 scored metro areas and #25 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 110 gas stations in the Wichita Falls metro area. Chain locations make up 84% of them, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.4, 78% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in the Wichita Falls metro area comes to about $160.8M a year: $2,833 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each station on map listings, 39% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 66 businesses with payroll in the Wichita Falls metro area classed as gasoline stations, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 860 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $4M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Wichita Falls metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Wichita Falls metro area grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Wichita Falls metro area 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.
| Measure | Wichita Falls metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.4 | 14.5 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 860 | 1,030 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −6.3% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,833 | $2,897 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $65,379 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 660.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 505
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11092 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Wichita Falls metro area, 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 the Wichita Falls metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 149,448+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 56,774
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,620 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $65,379+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,737
- Median home value
- $157,600
- Jobs located here
- 53,308
- Daytime population
- 143,173Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for gas stations, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Wichita Falls metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 75 | 3,082 | 10.7 | $2.8M | +10.6% | #36 of 387 |
| 2McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 71 | 277 | 10.3 | $2.8M | +5.6% | #62 of 387 |
| 3Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 69 | 1,085 | 11.0 | $2.6M | +14.0% | #73 of 387 |
| 4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 68 | 1,076 | 11.1 | $2.6M | +9.5% | #81 of 387 |
| 5El Paso, TX | 65 | 275 | 9.2 | $3.2M | +1.3% | #99 of 387 |
| 6Killeen-Temple, TX | 62 | 222 | 12.5 | $2.3M | +7.2% | #116 of 387 |
| 7Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 55 | 156 | 11.3 | $2.5M | +3.0% | #165 of 387 |
| 8Sherman-Denison, TX | 55 | 90 | 16.3 | $1.9M | +12.8% | #166 of 387 |
| 9Midland, TX | 49 | 154 | 22.1 | $1.3M | +9.8% | #205 of 387 |
| 10Laredo, TX | 48 | 137 | 16.8 | $1.8M | +5.2% | #214 of 387 |
| 25Wichita Falls, TX | 26 | 110 | 19.4 | $1.5M | +0.7% | #343 of 387 |
Other business types in the Wichita Falls metro area
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 the Wichita Falls, TX metro area?
There are 110 gas stations on map listings in the Wichita Falls metro area as of September 2026. 92 of them (84%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Wichita Falls, TX metro area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $160.8M a year, or $2,833 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 110 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,774 households in the Wichita Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wichita Falls, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Wichita Falls metro area has 19.4 gas stations per 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.5M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Wichita Falls metro area would have about 67, against 110 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 860 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Wichita Falls, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wichita Falls metro area at 149,448 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 56,774 households. The median household income in the Wichita Falls metro area is $65,379 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% 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. The Wichita Falls metro area scores 26 for gas stations (lower middle), #343 of 387 scored metro areas.
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