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Gas stations in Emery County, UT

How Emery County, UT 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,880 of 2,358 scored counties
#19 of 21 scored counties in Utah

Listings
26
19 chain locations (73%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.9M
On gasoline and other fuels · $3,734 a household
Spending per listing
$496K
79% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
75.3
6.9 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,177
+3.4% 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

For gas stations, Emery County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,880 of 2,358 scored counties and #19 of 21 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 gas stations in Emery County. Chain locations make up 73% of them, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 75.3, 6.9 times the U.S. rate of 10.9.

Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Emery County comes to about $12.9M a year: $3,734 per household, 44% above the U.S. average. That works out to $496K per station, 79% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Emery County in 2023. That is one for every 266 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Population estimates show Emery County grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Emery County compares

The same measures for Utah 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 Emery County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureEmery CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households75.310.410.9
Spending per listing$496K$2.9M$2.4M
Households per official establishment2661,3841,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.4%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$3,734$3,068$2,595
Median household income$74,291$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score3385

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 13
Employees, 2023
238
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2619 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Emery 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 Emery County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,177+3.4% since 2020
Households
3,453
Median age
37.6
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.7
Land area
4,463 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$74,291+33.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,609
Median home value
$218,700
Jobs located here
3,393
Daytime population
9,887Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Utah

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

Top counties in Utah

Counties in Utah ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wasatch County, UT9597.0$4.8M+9.9%#4 of 2,358
2Cache County, UT94276.1$5.3M+8.5%#7 of 2,358
3Utah County, UT931798.8$3.7M+14.5%#11 of 2,358
4Davis County, UT89796.8$4.7M+4.8%#32 of 2,358
5Tooele County, UT892711.3$3.2M+19.2%#40 of 2,358
6Morgan County, UT85615.9$2.6M+8.1%#80 of 2,358
7Weber County, UT84758.0$3.9M+5.8%#85 of 2,358
8Washington County, UT798612.3$2.5M+17.4%#179 of 2,358
9Uintah County, UT781512.4$2.5M+7.3%#202 of 2,358
10Salt Lake County, UT773007.0$4M+2.9%#209 of 2,358
19Emery County, UT332675.3$496K+3.4%#1,880 of 2,358

Other business types in Emery County

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

Questions

How many gas stations are in Emery County, UT?

There are 26 gas stations on map listings in Emery County as of September 2026. 19 of them (73%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in Emery County, UT spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $12.9M a year, or $3,734 per household. That is 44% above the U.S. average (an index of 144, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $496K per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,453 households in Emery County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Emery County, UT compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Emery County has 75.3 gas stations per 10,000 households, 6.9 times the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $496K, 79% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Emery County would have about 5, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 266 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Emery County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Emery County at 10,177 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,453 households. The median household income in Emery County is $74,291 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.7% 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. Emery County scores 33 for gas stations (lower middle), #1,880 of 2,358 scored counties.

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

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