Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Arkansas
Grocery and convenience stores in the Camden, AR area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Camden, AR area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #485 of 538 scored small-town markets
#11 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 25
- 10 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $55.3M
- On groceries · $5,357 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.2
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,363
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, the Camden area has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #485 of 538 scored small-town markets and #11 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 25 grocery and convenience stores in the Camden area. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 40%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.2, 29% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Camden area comes to about $55.3M a year: $5,357 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per store, 35% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Camden area in 2023. That is one for every 1,146 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Camden area declined 3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Camden area 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.
| Measure | Camden area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.2 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,146 | 1,920 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,357 | $5,667 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $51,429 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 168
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2510 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 the Camden 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 Camden area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,363−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 10,314
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,361 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $51,429+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,257
- Median home value
- $104,500
- Jobs located here
- 10,630
- Daytime population
- 26,023Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Camden area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paragould, AR | 76 | 29 | 16.1 | $3.4M | +3.4% | #34 of 538 |
| 2Russellville, AR | 69 | 50 | 15.3 | $3.6M | +1.6% | #87 of 538 |
| 3Harrison, AR | 63 | 33 | 17.8 | $3.1M | +2.4% | #147 of 538 |
| 4Batesville, AR | 58 | 23 | 15.7 | $3.5M | +2.2% | #195 of 538 |
| 5Mountain Home, AR | 58 | 40 | 20.7 | $2.6M | +3.1% | #202 of 538 |
| 6Searcy, AR | 55 | 63 | 21.3 | $2.6M | +4.2% | #240 of 538 |
| 7Arkadelphia, AR | 47 | 16 | 19.7 | $2.7M | −2.2% | #312 of 538 |
| 8Malvern, AR | 47 | 30 | 24.4 | $2.2M | +1.1% | #315 of 538 |
| 9Blytheville, AR | 32 | 33 | 21.4 | $2.5M | −6.7% | #438 of 538 |
| 10El Dorado, AR | 23 | 47 | 31.3 | $1.7M | −5.2% | #483 of 538 |
| 11Camden, AR | 22 | 25 | 24.2 | $2.2M | −3.6% | #485 of 538 |
Other business types in the Camden area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores22
- Grocery stores21
- Convenience stores21
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Camden, AR area?
The Camden area has 25 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Camden, AR area spend on groceries?
About $55.3M a year, or $5,357 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,314 households in the Camden area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Camden, AR area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Camden area has 24.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.2M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Camden area would have about 16, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,146 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Camden, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Camden area at 26,363 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,314 households. Median household income in the Camden area is $51,429, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.2%, 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. 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 Camden area scores 22 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #485 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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