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Grocery and convenience stores in Bacon County, GA
The grocery and convenience stores in Bacon County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,257 of 2,402 scored counties
#104 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 18
- 6 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.7M
- On groceries · $5,160 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.8
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,070
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Bacon County scores 18 (low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #2,257 of 2,402 scored counties and #104 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on groceries in Bacon County comes to about $21.7M a year: $5,160 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 64% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Bacon County has 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 42.8, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Bacon County in 2023. That is one for every 1,401 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Bacon County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bacon County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Bacon County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.8 | 20.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,401 | 1,111 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,160 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $44,694 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 92
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 186 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Bacon 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 Bacon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,070−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 4,204
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 284 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $44,694+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,783
- Median home value
- $101,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,798
- Daytime population
- 11,515Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 94 | 61 | 10.2 | $6.5M | +12.7% | #16 of 2,402 |
| 2Effingham County, GA | 91 | 36 | 14.8 | $4.3M | +14.1% | #41 of 2,402 |
| 3Columbia County, GA | 87 | 77 | 14.0 | $4.7M | +7.9% | #78 of 2,402 |
| 4Forsyth County, GA | 85 | 111 | 12.5 | $6M | +11.8% | #97 of 2,402 |
| 5Cherokee County, GA | 84 | 130 | 12.8 | $5.3M | +11.6% | #108 of 2,402 |
| 6Oconee County, GA | 83 | 20 | 13.3 | $5.3M | +6.9% | #122 of 2,402 |
| 7Fayette County, GA | 83 | 60 | 13.5 | $5.1M | +4.7% | #123 of 2,402 |
| 8Henry County, GA | 80 | 114 | 13.1 | $4.8M | +9.5% | #178 of 2,402 |
| 9Coweta County, GA | 79 | 72 | 12.8 | $5.1M | +9.2% | #194 of 2,402 |
| 10Banks County, GA | 79 | 8 | 11.7 | $5M | +17.3% | #195 of 2,402 |
| 104Bacon County, GA | 18 | 18 | 42.8 | $1.2M | −0.4% | #2,257 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Bacon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores18
- Grocery stores10
- Convenience stores14
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 Bacon County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 grocery and convenience stores in Bacon County. 6 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Bacon County, GA spend on groceries?
About $21.7M a year, or $5,160 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,204 households in Bacon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bacon County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Bacon County has 42.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.2M, 64% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Bacon County would have about 6, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,401 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Bacon County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Bacon County at 11,070 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,204 households. The median household income in Bacon County is $44,694 a year, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.1% 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. 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. Bacon County scores 18 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,257 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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