Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Illinois
Grocery and convenience stores in the Marion-Herrin, IL area
How the Marion-Herrin, IL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #18 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 37
- 19 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $167.7M
- On groceries · $5,785 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.8
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,225
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Marion-Herrin area scores 80 (high) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #18 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for grocery and convenience stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 grocery and convenience stores in the Marion-Herrin area. 19 of them (51%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 12.8 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in the Marion-Herrin area spend about $167.7M a year on groceries, or $5,785 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 37 grocery and convenience stores, that is $4.5M per store, 34% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Marion-Herrin area in 2023. That is one for every 5,797 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $492K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Marion-Herrin area. Population estimates put the population change in the Marion-Herrin area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Marion-Herrin area 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 | Marion-Herrin area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.8 | 15.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,797 | 1,442 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,785 | $6,290 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $65,604 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 233
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3719 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $492K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Marion-Herrin area, 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 the Marion-Herrin area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,225+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 28,983
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 420 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 159
- Median household income
- $65,604
- Average household income
- $85,846
- Median home value
- $156,400
- Jobs located here
- 28,604
- Daytime population
- 68,042Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Marion-Herrin area marked.
Top small-town markets in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marion-Herrin, IL | 80 | 37 | 12.8 | $4.5M | +0.2% | #18 of 538 |
| 2Jacksonville, IL | 72 | 20 | 13.2 | $4.4M | −3.1% | #52 of 538 |
| 3Charleston-Mattoon, IL | 70 | 26 | 12.5 | $4.4M | −1.0% | #72 of 538 |
| 4Lincoln, IL | 70 | 17 | 15.1 | $3.8M | −2.5% | #73 of 538 |
| 5Rochelle, IL | 68 | 37 | 17.8 | $3.4M | −0.7% | #99 of 538 |
| 6Dixon, IL | 66 | 21 | 15.7 | $3.8M | −3.4% | #114 of 538 |
| 7Sterling, IL | 63 | 34 | 14.7 | $3.9M | −2.6% | #138 of 538 |
| 8Mount Vernon, IL | 63 | 26 | 17.5 | $3.2M | −2.3% | #143 of 538 |
| Burlington, IA-IL | 58 | 25 | 12.6 | $4.5M | −2.5% | #193 of 538 |
| 9Canton, IL | 58 | 26 | 18.8 | $3M | −2.0% | #197 of 538 |
Other business types in the Marion-Herrin area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores80
- Grocery stores80
- Convenience stores63
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 the Marion-Herrin, IL area?
There are 37 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Marion-Herrin area as of September 2026. 19 of them (51%) 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 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Marion-Herrin, IL area spend on groceries?
About $167.7M a year, or $5,785 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,983 households in the Marion-Herrin area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Marion-Herrin, IL area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Marion-Herrin area has 12.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.5M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Marion-Herrin area would have about 50, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,797 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Marion-Herrin, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Marion-Herrin area at 67,225 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,983 households. Median household income in the Marion-Herrin area is $65,604, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Marion-Herrin area scores 80 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #18 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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