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Grocery and convenience stores in Alpine County, CA
How Alpine County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.9M
- On groceries · $6,581 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 1,043
- −11.6% since 2020
See the grocery and convenience stores around any address in Alpine County
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What this means
At $6,581 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Alpine County spend about $2.9M a year on groceries. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each store on map listings.
Alpine County has 1 grocery or convenience store on map listings as of September 2026. That is 23.0 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Alpine County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Alpine County declined 11.6% from 2020 to 2025, 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 Alpine County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Alpine County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.0 | 18.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,214 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −11.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,581 | $6,548 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $105,521 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Alpine 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 Alpine County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,043−11.6% since 2020
- Households
- 435
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 738 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $105,521
- Average household income
- $143,386
- Median home value
- $590,200
- Jobs located here
- 687
- Daytime population
- 1,404Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Alpine County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the grocery and convenience stores on map listings by name and distance.
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in California for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in California, with Alpine County marked.
Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Placer County, CA | 85 | 220 | 13.9 | $4.9M | +8.9% | #99 of 2,402 |
| 2San Benito County, CA | 80 | 38 | 18.5 | $3.7M | +8.6% | #188 of 2,402 |
| 3El Dorado County, CA | 74 | 107 | 14.0 | $4.8M | +0.6% | #311 of 2,402 |
| 4Riverside County, CA | 73 | 1,248 | 16.1 | $4M | +5.0% | #354 of 2,402 |
| 5Contra Costa County, CA | 71 | 552 | 13.3 | $5.3M | +0.3% | #402 of 2,402 |
| 6Santa Clara County, CA | 70 | 924 | 14.0 | $5.4M | −0.9% | #427 of 2,402 |
| 7Orange County, CA | 66 | 1,680 | 15.5 | $4.4M | −1.1% | #550 of 2,402 |
| 8Solano County, CA | 66 | 255 | 16.2 | $4M | +0.6% | #555 of 2,402 |
| 9Amador County, CA | 66 | 28 | 17.4 | $3.5M | +3.2% | #560 of 2,402 |
| 10San Diego County, CA | 65 | 1,804 | 15.4 | $4.3M | −0.6% | #581 of 2,402 |
| Alpine County, CA | Not scored | 1 | 23.0 | $2.9M | −11.6% |
Other business types in Alpine County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Alpine County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 grocery or convenience store in Alpine County. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Alpine County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Alpine County, CA spend on groceries?
About $2.9M a year, or $6,581 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 grocery or convenience store on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 435 households in Alpine County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alpine County, CA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Alpine County has 1 grocery or convenience store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending.
How fast is Alpine County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Alpine County at 1,043 people in 2025, down 11.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 435 households. The median household income in Alpine County is $105,521 a year, 31% above 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Alpine County. It maps the grocery and convenience stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Alpine County
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