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Grocery and convenience stores in Jackson County, GA

The grocery and convenience stores in Jackson County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #608 of 2,402 scored counties
#29 of 124 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
67
36 chain locations (54%)
Official establishments
21
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$181.5M
On groceries · $6,390 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.6
26% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
99,265
+29.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on groceries in Jackson County comes to about $181.5M a year: $6,390 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Jackson County has 67 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 36 are chain locations, or 54%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 23.6 for every 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in Jackson County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,352 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Jackson County grew 29.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Jackson County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #608 of 2,402 scored counties and #29 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.

How Jackson 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Jackson County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureJackson CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.620.318.7
Spending per listing$2.7M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,3521,1111,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+29.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,390$6,137$6,319
Median household income$89,544$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score6544

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 21
Employees, 2023
896
Annual payroll, 2023
$20.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
20Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6736 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
54The 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County

Population, 2025 estimate
99,265+29.3% since 2020
Households
28,402
Median age
38.7
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
340 sq. mi.
People per square mile
250
Median household income
$89,544+37.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$107,650
Median home value
$345,000
Jobs located here
45,774
Daytime population
93,828Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Jackson County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Paulding County, GA946110.2$6.5M+12.7%#16 of 2,402
2Effingham County, GA913614.8$4.3M+14.1%#41 of 2,402
3Columbia County, GA877714.0$4.7M+7.9%#78 of 2,402
4Forsyth County, GA8511112.5$6M+11.8%#97 of 2,402
5Cherokee County, GA8413012.8$5.3M+11.6%#108 of 2,402
6Oconee County, GA832013.3$5.3M+6.9%#122 of 2,402
7Fayette County, GA836013.5$5.1M+4.7%#123 of 2,402
8Henry County, GA8011413.1$4.8M+9.5%#178 of 2,402
9Coweta County, GA797212.8$5.1M+9.2%#194 of 2,402
10Banks County, GA79811.7$5M+17.3%#195 of 2,402
29Jackson County, GA656723.6$2.7M+29.3%#608 of 2,402

Other business types in Jackson County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Jackson County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 67 grocery and convenience stores in Jackson County. 36 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Jackson County, GA spend on groceries?

About $181.5M a year, or $6,390 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 67 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,402 households in Jackson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Jackson County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Jackson County has 23.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.7M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Jackson County would have about 54, against 67 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,352 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Jackson County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Jackson County at 99,265 people in 2025, up 29.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,402 households. The median household income in Jackson County is $89,544 a year, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.0% 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. Jackson County scores 65 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #608 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Jackson County

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