Groceries and convenience · County · Arkansas
Grocery and convenience stores in Drew County, AR
How Drew County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,241 of 2,402 scored counties
#52 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 18
- 11 chain locations (61%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $37.1M
- On groceries · $5,156 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.0
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,054
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Drew County has a Groundwork market score of 18 (low): #2,241 of 2,402 scored counties and #52 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 grocery and convenience stores in Drew County. 11 of them (61%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 25.0 per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,156 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Drew County spend about $37.1M a year on groceries. That works out to $2.1M per store, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Drew County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Drew County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Drew 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.
| Measure | Drew County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.0 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,920 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,156 | $5,667 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $42,824 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 42 |
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
- 1811 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Drew 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 Drew County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,054−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,196
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 829 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $42,824−8.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,944
- Median home value
- $140,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,850
- Daytime population
- 16,915Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Drew County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, AR | 89 | 157 | 14.0 | $4.7M | +16.0% | #57 of 2,402 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 85 | 77 | 15.3 | $4M | +7.6% | #102 of 2,402 |
| 3Faulkner County, AR | 83 | 73 | 14.8 | $3.9M | +8.2% | #136 of 2,402 |
| 4Washington County, AR | 82 | 143 | 14.7 | $4M | +9.9% | #148 of 2,402 |
| 5Grant County, AR | 74 | 11 | 15.8 | $3.7M | +4.1% | #326 of 2,402 |
| 6Lonoke County, AR | 73 | 50 | 17.5 | $3.4M | +3.5% | #368 of 2,402 |
| 7Pope County, AR | 68 | 36 | 14.8 | $3.8M | +2.5% | #496 of 2,402 |
| 8Greene County, AR | 67 | 29 | 16.1 | $3.4M | +3.4% | #533 of 2,402 |
| 9Pulaski County, AR | 64 | 284 | 16.5 | $3.5M | +1.3% | #632 of 2,402 |
| 10Craighead County, AR | 64 | 76 | 17.1 | $3.3M | +4.8% | #637 of 2,402 |
| 52Drew County, AR | 18 | 18 | 25.0 | $2.1M | −1.5% | #2,241 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Drew County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores18
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores15
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 Drew County, AR?
Drew County has 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (61%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Drew County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Drew County, AR spend on groceries?
About $37.1M a year, or $5,156 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,196 households in Drew County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Drew County, AR compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Drew County has 25.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.1M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Drew County would have about 11, against 18 on map listings.
How fast is Drew County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Drew County at 17,054 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,196 households. Median household income in Drew County is $42,824, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median fell 8.9%, 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. Drew County scores 18 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,241 of 2,402 scored counties.
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