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Grocery and convenience stores in Pope County, AR
The grocery and convenience stores in Pope County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #496 of 2,402 scored counties
#7 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 36
- 12 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $135.8M
- On groceries · $5,579 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.8
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,976
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 36 grocery and convenience stores in Pope County. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 33%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.8, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,579 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Pope County spend about $135.8M a year on groceries. Spread across 36 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.8M per store, 11% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Pope County in 2023. That is one for every 2,435 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Pope County grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Pope County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #496 of 2,402 scored counties and #7 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Pope 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 | Pope County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.8 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $2.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,435 | 1,920 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,579 | $5,667 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,344 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 479
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3612 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The 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 Pope 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 Pope County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,976+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 24,348
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 811 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $57,344+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,412
- Median home value
- $170,100
- Jobs located here
- 27,904
- Daytime population
- 65,219Residents 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 Pope 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 |
Other business types in Pope County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores68
- Grocery stores60
- Convenience stores71
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 Pope County, AR?
Pope County has 36 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Pope County, AR spend on groceries?
About $135.8M a year, or $5,579 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,348 households in Pope County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pope County, AR compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Pope County has 14.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.8M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Pope County would have about 40, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,435 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Pope County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Pope County at 64,976 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,348 households. Median household income in Pope County is $57,344, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Pope County scores 68 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #496 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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