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Grocery and convenience stores in Trinity County, CA
How Trinity 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 · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,189 of 2,402 scored counties
#53 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 12
- 3 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30M
- On groceries · $5,378 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.5
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,720
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Trinity County is 21 (low), #2,189 of 2,402 scored counties and #53 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 grocery and convenience stores in Trinity County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 21.5 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Trinity County spend about $30M a year on groceries, or $5,378 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.5M per store, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Trinity County in 2023. That is one for every 621 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Trinity County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Trinity 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 | Trinity County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.5 | 18.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 621 | 1,214 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,378 | $6,548 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $53,002 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 135
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Trinity 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 Trinity County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,720−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,585
- Median age
- 51.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,179 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $53,002+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,682
- Median home value
- $325,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,503
- Daytime population
- 15,056Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 53Trinity County, CA | 21 | 12 | 21.5 | $2.5M | −2.3% | #2,189 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Trinity County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores21
- Grocery stores11
- Convenience stores28
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 Trinity County, CA?
There are 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Trinity County as of September 2026. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Trinity County, CA spend on groceries?
About $30M a year, or $5,378 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,585 households in Trinity County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Trinity County, CA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Trinity County has 21.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Trinity County would have about 9, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 621 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Trinity County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Trinity County at 15,720 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,585 households. Median household income in Trinity County is $53,002, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Trinity County scores 21 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,189 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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