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Grocery and convenience stores in Fayette County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Fayette County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,925 of 2,402 scored counties
#79 of 85 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 22
- 10 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $44.1M
- On groceries · $5,645 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.2
- 51% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,790
- −3.2% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Fayette County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,925 of 2,402 scored counties and #79 of 85 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 grocery and convenience stores in Fayette County. 10 of them (45%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 28.2, 51% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,645 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Fayette County spend about $44.1M a year on groceries. That is about $2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Fayette County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,563 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show Fayette County declined 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Fayette 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.
| Measure | Fayette County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.2 | 15.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,563 | 1,442 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,645 | $6,290 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $60,944 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 51
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2210 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 Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,790−3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 7,814
- Median age
- 41.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 717 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $60,944+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,392
- Median home value
- $130,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,743
- Daytime population
- 18,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Fayette County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendall County, IL | 94 | 46 | 10.1 | $6.8M | +9.9% | #14 of 2,402 |
| 2Grundy County, IL | 83 | 33 | 16.0 | $4M | +2.9% | #135 of 2,402 |
| 3Will County, IL | 81 | 307 | 12.6 | $5.4M | +2.2% | #156 of 2,402 |
| 4McHenry County, IL | 80 | 142 | 12.1 | $5.6M | +2.5% | #176 of 2,402 |
| 5Monroe County, IL | 79 | 22 | 15.9 | $4.2M | −0.3% | #204 of 2,402 |
| 6Boone County, IL | 77 | 18 | 9.2 | $6.8M | +0.4% | #234 of 2,402 |
| 7Kane County, IL | 76 | 260 | 14.1 | $4.8M | +1.8% | #261 of 2,402 |
| 8Tazewell County, IL | 75 | 72 | 13.3 | $4.6M | −0.9% | #287 of 2,402 |
| 9DeKalb County, IL | 75 | 56 | 14.2 | $4.2M | +1.5% | #292 of 2,402 |
| 10Lake County, IL | 74 | 339 | 13.1 | $5.3M | +0.8% | #309 of 2,402 |
| 79Fayette County, IL | 31 | 22 | 28.2 | $2M | −3.2% | #1,925 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Fayette County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores31
- Grocery stores31
- Convenience stores21
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 Fayette County, IL?
There are 22 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Fayette County as of September 2026. 10 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Fayette County, IL spend on groceries?
About $44.1M a year, or $5,645 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,814 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, IL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Fayette County has 28.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Fayette County would have about 13, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,563 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Fayette County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 20,790 people in 2025, down 3.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,814 households. Median household income in Fayette County is $60,944, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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. Fayette County scores 31 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,925 of 2,402 scored counties.
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