Auto · Small-town market · West Virginia
Gas stations in the Bluefield, WV-VA area
How the Bluefield, WV-VA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #461 of 536 scored small-town markets
#3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in West Virginia
- Listings
- 77
- 65 chain locations (84%)
- Official establishments
- 60
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $113.5M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,802 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.0
- 74% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 96,138
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Bluefield area scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #461 of 536 scored small-town markets and #3 of 4 scored small-town markets based in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 77 gas stations in the Bluefield area. Of those, 65 are chain locations, or 84%, against 84% across the U.S. That is 19.0 per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
At $2,802 per household (8% above the U.S. average), households in the Bluefield area spend about $113.5M a year on gasoline and other fuels. That works out to $1.5M per station, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in the Bluefield area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 675 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Bluefield area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Bluefield area compares
The same measures for West 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.
| Measure | Bluefield area | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.0 | 14.7 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 675 | 829 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −5.8% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,802 | $2,725 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $50,550 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 21 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 600.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 489
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7765 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The 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 the Bluefield 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 Bluefield area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 96,138−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 40,514
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 938 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 105
- Median household income
- $50,550
- Average household income
- $70,787
- Median home value
- $120,000
- Jobs located here
- 33,948
- Daytime population
- 95,290Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in West Virginia for gas stations, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bluefield area marked.
Top small-town markets in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 68 | 26 | 6.8 | $4.1M | −1.3% | #87 of 536 |
| 1Clarksburg, WV | 47 | 40 | 11.3 | $2.4M | −2.4% | #305 of 536 |
| 2Elkins, WV | 31 | 15 | 14.0 | $1.9M | −3.6% | #449 of 536 |
| 3Bluefield, WV-VA | 30 | 77 | 19.0 | $1.5M | −3.8% | #461 of 536 |
| 4Fairmont, WV | 30 | 47 | 20.1 | $1.3M | −1.2% | #462 of 536 |
Other business types in the Bluefield area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in the Bluefield, WV-VA area?
There are 77 gas stations on map listings in the Bluefield area as of September 2026. 65 of them (84%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the Bluefield, WV-VA area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $113.5M a year, or $2,802 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 77 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,514 households in the Bluefield area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bluefield, WV-VA area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Bluefield area has 19.0 gas stations per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.5M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Bluefield area would have about 48, against 77 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 675 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 Bluefield, WV-VA area growing?
Population estimates put the Bluefield area at 96,138 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 40,514 households. The median household income in the Bluefield area is $50,550 a year, 37% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Bluefield area scores 30 for gas stations (lower middle), #461 of 536 scored small-town markets.
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