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Grocery and convenience stores in Menard County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Menard County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $31.7M
- On groceries · $6,065 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.9M
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.7
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,863
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 grocery and convenience stores in Menard County. That is 7.7 per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Menard County spend about $31.7M a year on groceries, or $6,065 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 grocery and convenience stores, that is $7.9M per store, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Menard County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Menard County declined 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, Menard County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Menard 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 | Menard County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.7 | 15.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $7.9M | $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 | −3.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,065 | $6,290 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $82,176 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 42 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Menard 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 Menard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,863−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,228
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 314 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $82,176+10.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,054
- Median home value
- $185,500
- Jobs located here
- 1,818
- Daytime population
- 8,264Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Menard County, IL | Not scored | 4 | 7.7 | $7.9M | −3.3% |
Other business types in Menard County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Menard County, IL?
There are 4 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Menard County as of September 2026. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Menard County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Menard County, IL spend on groceries?
About $31.7M a year, or $6,065 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,228 households in Menard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Menard County, IL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Menard County has 7.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $7.9M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Menard County would have about 9, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Menard County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Menard County at 11,863 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,228 households. Median household income in Menard County is $82,176, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.0%, 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. Menard County has no market score for grocery and convenience stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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