Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · California
Grocery and convenience stores in the Crescent City, CA area
How the Crescent City, CA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #210 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 14
- 5 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $54.6M
- On groceries · $5,731 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.7
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,410
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 grocery and convenience stores in the Crescent City area. 5 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 14.7 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in the Crescent City area spend about $54.6M a year on groceries, or $5,731 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.9M per store, 15% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Crescent City area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,587 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Crescent City area declined 4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, the Crescent City area has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #210 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California.
How the Crescent City area 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 | Crescent City area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.7 | 18.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,587 | 1,214 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,731 | $6,548 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,058 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 134
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 145 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 Crescent City 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 Crescent City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,410−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 9,522
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,006 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $67,058+48.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,665
- Median home value
- $342,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,729
- Daytime population
- 25,295Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in California for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in California (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Crescent City area marked.
Top small-town markets in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardnerville Ranchos, NV-CA | 74 | 25 | 11.5 | $5.5M | +0.9% | #44 of 538 |
| 1Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 63 | 71 | 16.6 | $3.8M | −0.4% | #139 of 538 |
| 2Crescent City, CA | 57 | 14 | 14.7 | $3.9M | −4.4% | #210 of 538 |
| 3Sonora, CA | 50 | 46 | 20.3 | $3M | −4.0% | #282 of 538 |
| 4Bishop, CA | 47 | 21 | 26.1 | $2.3M | −4.4% | #314 of 538 |
| 5Susanville, CA | 45 | 14 | 15.1 | $3.7M | −13.1% | #328 of 538 |
| 6Clearlake, CA | 39 | 57 | 21.2 | $2.7M | −0.6% | #389 of 538 |
| 7Eureka-Arcata, CA | 36 | 113 | 20.6 | $2.7M | −3.4% | #409 of 538 |
| 8Red Bluff, CA | 35 | 59 | 23.8 | $2.4M | −1.7% | #416 of 538 |
| 9Ukiah, CA | 26 | 94 | 27.0 | $2.1M | −3.5% | #471 of 538 |
Other business types in the Crescent City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores57
- Grocery stores53
- Convenience stores61
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 Crescent City, CA area?
There are 14 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Crescent City area as of September 2026. 5 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Crescent City, CA area spend on groceries?
About $54.6M a year, or $5,731 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,522 households in the Crescent City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Crescent City, CA area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Crescent City area has 14.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.9M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Crescent City area would have about 16, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,587 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Crescent City, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Crescent City area at 26,410 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,522 households. Median household income in the Crescent City area is $67,058, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 48.1%, 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 Crescent City area scores 57 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #210 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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