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Grocery and convenience stores in Jay County, IN
The grocery and convenience stores in Jay County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,003 of 2,402 scored counties
#86 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 18
- 7 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $42.7M
- On groceries · $5,464 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.1
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,118
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Jay County is 28 (lower middle), #2,003 of 2,402 scored counties and #86 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $5,464 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Jay County spend about $42.7M a year on groceries. Spread across 18 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.4M per store, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Jay County has 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 39%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 23.1 for every 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Jay County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jay County declined 1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Jay 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.
| Measure | Jay County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.1 | 14.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $4.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,162 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,464 | $5,959 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $54,969 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 70 |
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
- 187 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Jay 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 Jay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,118−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,807
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 384 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $54,969+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,490
- Median home value
- $117,500
- Jobs located here
- 6,619
- Daytime population
- 18,014Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hamilton County, IN | 98 | 119 | 8.7 | $8.2M | +10.9% | #1 of 2,402 |
| 2Hendricks County, IN | 97 | 46 | 6.9 | $9.7M | +10.2% | #4 of 2,402 |
| 3Hancock County, IN | 96 | 38 | 11.4 | $5.8M | +13.5% | #6 of 2,402 |
| 4Boone County, IN | 96 | 39 | 13.6 | $5.1M | +13.5% | #7 of 2,402 |
| 5Johnson County, IN | 94 | 63 | 10.1 | $6.4M | +7.4% | #17 of 2,402 |
| 6Warrick County, IN | 89 | 25 | 9.9 | $6.5M | +4.4% | #51 of 2,402 |
| 7Morgan County, IN | 87 | 40 | 14.1 | $4.4M | +4.4% | #79 of 2,402 |
| 8Clark County, IN | 86 | 75 | 14.6 | $4.1M | +7.5% | #95 of 2,402 |
| 9Putnam County, IN | 85 | 10 | 7.1 | $8.4M | +3.2% | #96 of 2,402 |
| 10Dearborn County, IN | 84 | 24 | 11.8 | $5.2M | +1.7% | #110 of 2,402 |
| 86Jay County, IN | 28 | 18 | 23.1 | $2.4M | −1.8% | #2,003 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Jay County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores23
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 Jay County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 grocery and convenience stores in Jay County. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Jay County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Jay County, IN spend on groceries?
About $42.7M a year, or $5,464 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,807 households in Jay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jay County, IN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Jay County has 23.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.4M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Jay County would have about 13, against 18 on map listings.
How fast is Jay County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Jay County at 20,118 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,807 households. The median household income in Jay County is $54,969 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.3% 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. Jay County scores 28 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,003 of 2,402 scored counties.
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