Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Florida
Grocery and convenience stores in the Palatka, FL area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Palatka, FL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #443 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida
- Listings
- 90
- 46 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- −4.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $165.9M
- On groceries · $5,289 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.7
- 53% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 77,734
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Palatka area is 32 (lower middle), #443 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on groceries in the Palatka area comes to about $165.9M a year: $5,289 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 46% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 90 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Palatka area as of September 2026. 46 of them (51%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 28.7 per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Palatka area was 24 in 2023, down 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,307 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Palatka area grew 5.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Palatka 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 | Palatka area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.7 | 17.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,307 | 1,240 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.0% | +9.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,289 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $47,934 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24−4.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 502
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9046 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The 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 Palatka 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 Palatka area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 77,734+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 31,360
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 728 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 103
- Median household income
- $47,934+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,007
- Median home value
- $160,300
- Jobs located here
- 17,308
- Daytime population
- 63,587Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Florida for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Palatka area marked.
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 Palatka area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores32
- Grocery stores52
- Convenience stores30
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Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Palatka, FL area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 90 grocery and convenience stores in the Palatka area. 46 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 4.0% from 2019. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Palatka, FL area spend on groceries?
About $165.9M a year, or $5,289 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 90 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,360 households in the Palatka area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Palatka, FL area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Palatka area has 28.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Palatka area would have about 49, against 90 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,307 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Palatka, FL area growing?
Population estimates put the Palatka area at 77,734 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,360 households. The median household income in the Palatka area is $47,934 a year, 41% 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 Palatka area scores 32 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #443 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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