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Grocery and convenience stores in Worth County, GA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,872 of 2,402 scored counties
#76 of 124 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
24
5 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$42.3M
On groceries · $5,466 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
48% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
31.0
66% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,059
−3.2% 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

Worth County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,872 of 2,402 scored counties and #76 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 24 grocery and convenience stores in Worth County. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 31.0 per 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Worth County comes to about $42.3M a year: $5,466 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 24 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.8M per store, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Worth County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,580 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Worth County declined 3.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Worth 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 Worth County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureWorth CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households31.020.318.7
Spending per listing$1.8M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,5801,1111,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,466$6,137$6,319
Median household income$58,694$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3344

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$175K
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
245 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Worth 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 Worth County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,059−3.2% since 2020
Households
7,739
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
571 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$58,694+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,946
Median home value
$104,900
Jobs located here
3,427
Daytime population
16,215Residents 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 Worth 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
76Worth County, GA332431.0$1.8M−3.2%#1,872 of 2,402

Other business types in Worth County

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

Questions

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

Worth County has 24 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (21%) 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $42.3M a year, or $5,466 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,739 households in Worth County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Worth County has 31.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Worth County would have about 13, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,580 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Worth County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Worth County at 20,059 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,739 households. Median household income in Worth County is $58,694, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Worth County scores 33 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,872 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 Worth County

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