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Grocery and convenience stores in Calhoun County, AR

The grocery and convenience stores in Calhoun County, AR, 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
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9.7M
On groceries · $5,722 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
43% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
29.6
58% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
4,632
−2.2% 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

Household spending on groceries in Calhoun County comes to about $9.7M a year: $5,722 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per store, 43% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There are 5 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Calhoun County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.6, 58% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Calhoun County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Calhoun County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Calhoun County compares

The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Grocery and convenience stores in Calhoun County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureCalhoun CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households29.619.618.7
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.9M$3.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,9201,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.2%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,722$5,667$6,319
Median household income$66,809$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored42

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Calhoun 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 Calhoun County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,632−2.2% since 2020
Households
1,690
Median age
44.7
Homes lived in by their owners
88%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
629 sq. mi.
People per square mile
7
Median household income
$66,809
Average household income
$76,080
Median home value
$110,700
Jobs located here
4,312
Daytime population
7,019Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Calhoun County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, AR8915714.0$4.7M+16.0%#57 of 2,402
2Saline County, AR857715.3$4M+7.6%#102 of 2,402
3Faulkner County, AR837314.8$3.9M+8.2%#136 of 2,402
4Washington County, AR8214314.7$4M+9.9%#148 of 2,402
5Grant County, AR741115.8$3.7M+4.1%#326 of 2,402
6Lonoke County, AR735017.5$3.4M+3.5%#368 of 2,402
7Pope County, AR683614.8$3.8M+2.5%#496 of 2,402
8Greene County, AR672916.1$3.4M+3.4%#533 of 2,402
9Pulaski County, AR6428416.5$3.5M+1.3%#632 of 2,402
10Craighead County, AR647617.1$3.3M+4.8%#637 of 2,402
Calhoun County, ARNot scored529.6$1.9M−2.2%

Other business types in Calhoun County

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 grocery and convenience stores are in Calhoun County, AR?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 grocery and convenience stores in Calhoun County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Calhoun County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Calhoun County, AR spend on groceries?

About $9.7M a year, or $5,722 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,690 households in Calhoun County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Calhoun County, AR compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Calhoun County has 29.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.9M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Calhoun County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is Calhoun County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Calhoun County at 4,632 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,690 households. The median household income in Calhoun County is $66,809 a year, 17% 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.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Calhoun County

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