Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · California
Grocery and convenience stores in the Ukiah, CA area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Ukiah, CA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #471 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California
- Listings
- 94
- 26 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 54
- −6.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $201.7M
- On groceries · $5,789 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.0
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 88,122
- −3.5% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, the Ukiah area has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #471 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 94 grocery and convenience stores in the Ukiah area. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 27.0 for every 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Ukiah area comes to about $201.7M a year: $5,789 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 94 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.1M per store, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 54 businesses with payroll in the Ukiah area classed as grocery and convenience stores, down 6.9% from 2019. That is one for every 645 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Ukiah area. Population estimates put the population change in the Ukiah area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Ukiah 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 | Ukiah area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.0 | 18.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 645 | 1,214 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.9% | +5.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.5% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,789 | $6,548 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $68,092 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 54−6.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,363
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $51.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9426 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 60The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Ukiah 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 Ukiah area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 88,122−3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 34,842
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,507 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $68,092+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,438
- Median home value
- $512,200
- Jobs located here
- 29,495
- Daytime population
- 87,475Residents 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 Ukiah 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 Ukiah area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores26
- Grocery stores16
- Convenience stores50
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 Ukiah, CA area?
The Ukiah area has 94 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 26 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 6.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Ukiah, CA area spend on groceries?
About $201.7M a year, or $5,789 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 94 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,842 households in the Ukiah area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ukiah, CA area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Ukiah area has 27.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.1M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Ukiah area would have about 60, against 94 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 645 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Ukiah, CA area growing?
Population estimates put the Ukiah area at 88,122 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 34,842 households. Median household income in the Ukiah area is $68,092, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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 Ukiah area scores 26 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #471 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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