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Grocery and convenience stores in Bond County, IL

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,065 of 2,402 scored counties
#48 of 85 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
12
5 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$35.9M
On groceries · $5,837 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.5
4% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,959
+0.6% 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

At $5,837 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Bond County spend about $35.9M a year on groceries. That is about $3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 12% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Bond County has 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 19.5 for every 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Bond County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $4.3M has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Bond County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bond County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Bond County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #1,065 of 2,402 scored counties and #48 of 85 scored counties in Illinois.

How Bond County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Bond County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureBond CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.515.018.7
Spending per listing$3M$4.2M$3.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,4421,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,837$6,290$6,319
Median household income$65,959$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score5360

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
125 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$4.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Bond 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 Bond County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,959+0.6% since 2020
Households
6,147
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
380 sq. mi.
People per square mile
44
Median household income
$65,959+15.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,080
Median home value
$145,700
Jobs located here
4,456
Daytime population
14,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Illinois

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

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kendall County, IL944610.1$6.8M+9.9%#14 of 2,402
2Grundy County, IL833316.0$4M+2.9%#135 of 2,402
3Will County, IL8130712.6$5.4M+2.2%#156 of 2,402
4McHenry County, IL8014212.1$5.6M+2.5%#176 of 2,402
5Monroe County, IL792215.9$4.2M−0.3%#204 of 2,402
6Boone County, IL77189.2$6.8M+0.4%#234 of 2,402
7Kane County, IL7626014.1$4.8M+1.8%#261 of 2,402
8Tazewell County, IL757213.3$4.6M−0.9%#287 of 2,402
9DeKalb County, IL755614.2$4.2M+1.5%#292 of 2,402
10Lake County, IL7433913.1$5.3M+0.8%#309 of 2,402
48Bond County, IL531219.5$3M+0.6%#1,065 of 2,402

Other business types in Bond County

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Bond County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 grocery and convenience stores in Bond County. 5 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Bond County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Bond County, IL spend on groceries?

About $35.9M a year, or $5,837 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,147 households in Bond County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bond County has 19.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Bond County would have about 11, against 12 on map listings.

How fast is Bond County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Bond County at 16,959 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,147 households. The median household income in Bond County is $65,959 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.1% 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. Bond County scores 53 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,065 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 Bond County

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