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Gas stations in Washington County, UT
How Washington 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 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #179 of 2,358 scored counties
#8 of 21 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 86
- 67 chain locations (78%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- +9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $210.7M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,020 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 213,670
- +17.4% since 2020
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What this means
For gas stations, Washington County has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #179 of 2,358 scored counties and #8 of 21 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for gas stations.
As of September 2026, map listings count 86 gas stations in Washington County. Chain locations make up 78% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 12.3 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Washington County comes to about $210.7M a year: $3,020 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per station, 3% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Washington County in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,454 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $3.9M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Washington County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Washington County grew 17.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Washington 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.
| Measure | Washington County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,454 | 1,384 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.1% | +5.7% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.4% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,020 | $3,068 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $80,632 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 85 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44 → 48+9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 752
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8667 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 88The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $3.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Washington 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 Washington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 213,670+17.4% since 2020
- Households
- 69,786
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,428 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $80,632+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,780
- Median home value
- $510,700
- Jobs located here
- 87,513
- Daytime population
- 200,923Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wasatch County, UT | 95 | 9 | 7.0 | $4.8M | +9.9% | #4 of 2,358 |
| 2Cache County, UT | 94 | 27 | 6.1 | $5.3M | +8.5% | #7 of 2,358 |
| 3Utah County, UT | 93 | 179 | 8.8 | $3.7M | +14.5% | #11 of 2,358 |
| 4Davis County, UT | 89 | 79 | 6.8 | $4.7M | +4.8% | #32 of 2,358 |
| 5Tooele County, UT | 89 | 27 | 11.3 | $3.2M | +19.2% | #40 of 2,358 |
| 6Morgan County, UT | 85 | 6 | 15.9 | $2.6M | +8.1% | #80 of 2,358 |
| 7Weber County, UT | 84 | 75 | 8.0 | $3.9M | +5.8% | #85 of 2,358 |
| 8Washington County, UT | 79 | 86 | 12.3 | $2.5M | +17.4% | #179 of 2,358 |
| 9Uintah County, UT | 78 | 15 | 12.4 | $2.5M | +7.3% | #202 of 2,358 |
| 10Salt Lake County, UT | 77 | 300 | 7.0 | $4M | +2.9% | #209 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Washington County
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 Washington County, UT?
Washington County has 86 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 67 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Washington County, UT spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $210.7M a year, or $3,020 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 86 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 69,786 households in Washington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Washington County, UT compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Washington County has 12.3 gas stations per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.5M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Washington County would have about 88, against 86 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,454 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Washington County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Washington County at 213,670 people in 2025, up 17.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,786 households. The median household income in Washington County is $80,632 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.8% 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. Washington County scores 79 for gas stations (high), #179 of 2,358 scored counties.
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