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Grocery and convenience stores in Jersey County, IL
How Jersey County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #825 of 2,402 scored counties
#30 of 85 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 14
- 2 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $48.7M
- On groceries · $6,117 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.6
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,160
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Jersey County comes to about $48.7M a year: $6,117 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.5M per store, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 14 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Jersey County as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 14%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.6, 6% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Jersey County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Jersey County declined 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Jersey County is 59 (upper middle), #825 of 2,402 scored counties and #30 of 85 scored counties in Illinois.
How Jersey 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 | Jersey County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.6 | 15.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,442 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,117 | $6,290 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $80,361 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 60 |
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
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 142 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Jersey 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 Jersey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,160−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,965
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 370 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 58
- Median household income
- $80,361+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,416
- Median home value
- $171,900
- Jobs located here
- 5,045
- Daytime population
- 16,288Residents 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 Jersey 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 |
| 30Jersey County, IL | 59 | 14 | 17.6 | $3.5M | −1.5% | #825 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Jersey County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores59
- Grocery stores46
- Convenience stores60
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 Jersey County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 grocery and convenience stores in Jersey County. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Jersey County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Jersey County, IL spend on groceries?
About $48.7M a year, or $6,117 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,965 households in Jersey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jersey County, IL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Jersey County has 17.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.5M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending.
How fast is Jersey County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Jersey County at 21,160 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,965 households. The median household income in Jersey County is $80,361 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Jersey County scores 59 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #825 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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