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Gas stations in Franklin city, VA

The gas stations in Franklin city, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
13
12 chain locations (92%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.6M
On gasoline and other fuels · $2,782 a household
Spending per listing
$739K
69% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
37.6
3.5 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,478
+4.1% 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

Households in Franklin city spend about $9.6M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $2,782 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 13 gas stations, that is $739K per station, 69% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

Franklin city has 13 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 92% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 37.6 per 10,000 households, 3.5 times the U.S. rate of 10.9.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Franklin city was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 384 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Franklin city from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Franklin city compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Franklin city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households37.611.110.9
Spending per listing$739K$2.7M$2.4M
Households per official establishment3841,1951,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.2%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$2,782$3,000$2,595
Median household income$63,245$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored68

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 9
Employees, 2023
95
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1312 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Franklin city, 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 Franklin city

Population, 2025 estimate
8,478+4.1% since 2020
Households
3,454
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
8 sq. mi.
People per square mile
997
Median household income
$63,245
Average household income
$74,218
Median home value
$256,600
Jobs located here
3,977
Daytime population
8,893Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for gas stations, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Franklin city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stafford County, VA97285.4$6.7M+8.3%#2 of 2,358
2Fluvanna County, VA9465.8$6.8M+6.2%#5 of 2,358
3Spotsylvania County, VA92529.9$3.6M+10.5%#17 of 2,358
4Loudoun County, VA91996.9$4.6M+6.4%#18 of 2,358
5Prince William County, VA901006.4$5.2M+4.2%#24 of 2,358
6Rockingham County, VA893310.1$3.5M+6.6%#36 of 2,358
7Chesterfield County, VA891359.6$3.4M+8.7%#37 of 2,358
8Floyd County, VA8557.5$4.6M+2.1%#69 of 2,358
9Culpeper County, VA851910.0$3.5M+9.3%#73 of 2,358
10James City County, VA853310.3$3M+6.2%#76 of 2,358
Franklin city, VANot scored1337.6$739K+4.1%

Other business types in Franklin city

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many gas stations are in Franklin city, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 gas stations in Franklin city. 12 of them (92%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.

How much do households in Franklin city, VA spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $9.6M a year, or $2,782 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $739K per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,454 households in Franklin city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin city, VA compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Franklin city has 37.6 gas stations per 10,000 households, 3.5 times the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $739K, 69% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Franklin city would have about 4, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 384 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Franklin city at 8,478 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,454 households. Median household income in Franklin city is $63,245, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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