Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Florida
Grocery and convenience stores in the Lake City, FL area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Lake City, FL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #161 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida
- Listings
- 57
- 26 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $153.1M
- On groceries · $5,582 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.8
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 74,094
- +6.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in the Lake City area comes to about $153.1M a year: $5,582 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per store, 21% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 57 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Lake City area as of September 2026. 26 of them (46%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.8, 11% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Lake City area was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 1,714 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Lake City area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, the Lake City area has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #161 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida.
How the Lake City area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Lake City area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.8 | 17.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,714 | 1,240 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.2% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,582 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $59,205 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 408
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5726 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 Lake 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 Lake City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 74,094+6.2% since 2020
- Households
- 27,430
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 797 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 90
- Median household income
- $59,205+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,718
- Median home value
- $194,900
- Jobs located here
- 24,625
- Daytime population
- 67,243Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake City, FL | 62 | 57 | 20.8 | $2.7M | +6.2% | #161 of 538 |
| 2Arcadia, FL | 47 | 23 | 17.9 | $3M | +8.8% | #311 of 538 |
| 3Palatka, FL | 32 | 90 | 28.7 | $1.8M | +5.9% | #443 of 538 |
| 4Key West-Key Largo, FL | 31 | 111 | 32.3 | $2M | −2.9% | #449 of 538 |
| 5Clewiston, FL | 31 | 58 | 31.1 | $1.8M | +18.8% | #451 of 538 |
| 6Okeechobee, FL | 29 | 51 | 33.7 | $1.6M | +7.4% | #461 of 538 |
Other business types in the Lake 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 stores62
- Grocery stores70
- Convenience stores54
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 Lake City, FL area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 57 grocery and convenience stores in the Lake City area. 26 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Lake City, FL area spend on groceries?
About $153.1M a year, or $5,582 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,430 households in the Lake City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lake City, FL area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Lake City area has 20.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.7M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Lake City area would have about 45, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,714 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lake City, FL area growing?
Population estimates put the Lake City area at 74,094 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,430 households. The median household income in the Lake City area is $59,205 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Lake City area scores 62 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #161 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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