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Grocery and convenience stores in Mason County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Mason County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,919 of 2,402 scored counties
#78 of 85 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 13
- 4 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $32.6M
- On groceries · $5,642 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.5
- 20% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,411
- −4.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Mason County is 31 (lower middle), #1,919 of 2,402 scored counties and #78 of 85 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 grocery and convenience stores in Mason County. 4 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 22.5 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Mason County comes to about $32.6M a year: $5,642 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Mason County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Mason County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Mason 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 | Mason County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.5 | 15.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $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 | −4.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,642 | $6,290 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,845 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 134 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Mason 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 Mason County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,411−4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,781
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 539 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $62,845+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,083
- Median home value
- $103,400
- Jobs located here
- 2,660
- Daytime population
- 11,149Residents 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 Mason 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 |
| 78Mason County, IL | 31 | 13 | 22.5 | $2.5M | −4.9% | #1,919 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Mason 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 stores25
- Convenience stores33
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 Mason County, IL?
There are 13 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Mason County as of September 2026. 4 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Mason County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Mason County, IL spend on groceries?
About $32.6M a year, or $5,642 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,781 households in Mason County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mason County, IL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Mason County has 22.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Mason County would have about 10, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Mason County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Mason County at 12,411 people in 2025, down 4.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,781 households. Median household income in Mason County is $62,845, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Mason County scores 31 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,919 of 2,402 scored counties.
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