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Gas stations in Pierce County, WI
How Pierce County, WI 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #756 of 2,358 scored counties
#15 of 65 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 23
- 17 chain locations (74%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- +20.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $51.5M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,247 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.5
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,519
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Pierce County comes to about $51.5M a year: $3,247 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each station on map listings, 6% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Pierce County has 23 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (74%) are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 14.5 for every 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Pierce County was 24 in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019. That is one for every 661 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $3.6M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Pierce County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pierce County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gas stations in Pierce County is 60 (upper middle), #756 of 2,358 scored counties and #15 of 65 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Pierce County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Pierce County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.5 | 11.3 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 661 | 979 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.0% | −0.8% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,247 | $2,672 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $92,109 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 24+20.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 275
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2317 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $3.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Pierce 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 Pierce County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,519+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 15,867
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 574 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $92,109+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,966
- Median home value
- $333,700
- Jobs located here
- 10,112
- Daytime population
- 35,071Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Calumet County, WI | 78 | 12 | 5.6 | $5.3M | +2.9% | #183 of 2,358 |
| 2Ozaukee County, WI | 74 | 27 | 7.0 | $3.9M | +3.0% | #284 of 2,358 |
| 3Portage County, WI | 74 | 23 | 7.7 | $3.7M | +2.2% | #287 of 2,358 |
| 4Dane County, WI | 73 | 161 | 6.4 | $3.8M | +4.9% | #316 of 2,358 |
| 5Waukesha County, WI | 73 | 138 | 8.2 | $3.5M | +2.4% | #319 of 2,358 |
| 6Washington County, WI | 67 | 58 | 10.2 | $2.8M | +1.8% | #483 of 2,358 |
| 7St. Croix County, WI | 67 | 48 | 12.8 | $2.5M | +4.7% | #489 of 2,358 |
| 8La Crosse County, WI | 66 | 24 | 4.7 | $5.5M | +0.3% | #505 of 2,358 |
| 9Shawano County, WI | 65 | 19 | 11.0 | $2.7M | +1.7% | #556 of 2,358 |
| 10Eau Claire County, WI | 64 | 35 | 7.8 | $3.4M | +3.0% | #587 of 2,358 |
| 15Pierce County, WI | 60 | 23 | 14.5 | $2.2M | +3.1% | #756 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Pierce County
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 Pierce County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 gas stations in Pierce County. 17 of them (74%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 20.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Pierce County, WI spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $51.5M a year, or $3,247 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,867 households in Pierce County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pierce County, WI compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Pierce County has 14.5 gas stations per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.2M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Pierce County would have about 22, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 661 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Pierce County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Pierce County at 43,519 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,867 households. Median household income in Pierce County is $92,109, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Pierce County scores 60 for gas stations (upper middle), #756 of 2,358 scored counties.
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