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Grocery and convenience stores in Cass County, IN

How Cass County, IN 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,468 of 2,402 scored counties
#77 of 86 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
27
6 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$82.8M
On groceries · $5,507 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.0
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,836
+0.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Cass County spend about $82.8M a year on groceries, or $5,507 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Cass County has 27 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.0, 4% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Cass County in 2023. That is one for every 1,367 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Cass County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cass County scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,468 of 2,402 scored counties and #77 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.

How Cass County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Cass County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureCass CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.014.418.7
Spending per listing$3.1M$4.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,3672,1621,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.6%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,507$5,959$6,319
Median household income$56,403$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score4370

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 11
Employees, 2023
243
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
276 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The 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 Cass 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 Cass County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,836+0.1% since 2020
Households
15,037
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
412 sq. mi.
People per square mile
91
Median household income
$56,403+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,540
Median home value
$133,800
Jobs located here
15,218
Daytime population
35,454Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Cass County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hamilton County, IN981198.7$8.2M+10.9%#1 of 2,402
2Hendricks County, IN97466.9$9.7M+10.2%#4 of 2,402
3Hancock County, IN963811.4$5.8M+13.5%#6 of 2,402
4Boone County, IN963913.6$5.1M+13.5%#7 of 2,402
5Johnson County, IN946310.1$6.4M+7.4%#17 of 2,402
6Warrick County, IN89259.9$6.5M+4.4%#51 of 2,402
7Morgan County, IN874014.1$4.4M+4.4%#79 of 2,402
8Clark County, IN867514.6$4.1M+7.5%#95 of 2,402
9Putnam County, IN85107.1$8.4M+3.2%#96 of 2,402
10Dearborn County, IN842411.8$5.2M+1.7%#110 of 2,402
77Cass County, IN432718.0$3.1M+0.1%#1,468 of 2,402

Other business types in Cass County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Cass County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 grocery and convenience stores in Cass County. 6 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Cass County, IN spend on groceries?

About $82.8M a year, or $5,507 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,037 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cass County, IN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Cass County has 18.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.1M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Cass County would have about 24, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,367 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Cass County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Cass County at 37,836 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,037 households. The median household income in Cass County is $56,403 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.1% 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. Cass County scores 43 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,468 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Cass County

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