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Grocery and convenience stores in Woodruff County, AR

The grocery and convenience stores in Woodruff 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
10
5 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.9M
On groceries · $5,166 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
59% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
37.1
98% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,710
−8.2% 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

Households in Woodruff County spend about $13.9M a year on groceries, or $5,166 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 59% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Woodruff County has 10 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 37.1 per 10,000 households, 98% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Woodruff County in 2023. That is one for every 897 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Woodruff County declined 8.2%, 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 Woodruff 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 Woodruff County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureWoodruff CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households37.119.618.7
Spending per listing$1.4M$2.9M$3.4M
Households per official establishment8971,9201,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−8.2%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,166$5,667$6,319
Median household income$48,158$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored42

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$626K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
105 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Woodruff 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 Woodruff County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,710−8.2% since 2020
Households
2,692
Median age
45.5
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
586 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$48,158
Average household income
$62,196
Median home value
$106,500
Jobs located here
1,947
Daytime population
5,664Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Arkansas

Every Arkansas market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Woodruff 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
Woodruff County, ARNot scored1037.1$1.4M−8.2%

Other business types in Woodruff 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 Woodruff County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 grocery and convenience stores in Woodruff County. 5 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $13.9M a year, or $5,166 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,692 households in Woodruff County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Woodruff County has 37.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 98% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.4M, 59% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Woodruff County would have about 4, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 897 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Woodruff County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Woodruff County at 5,710 people in 2025, down 8.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,692 households. The median household income in Woodruff County is $48,158 a year, 40% 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 Woodruff County

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