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Grocery and convenience stores in Perry County, IN

How Perry 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,135 of 2,402 scored counties
#69 of 86 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
17
3 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$43.2M
On groceries · $5,563 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.9
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,389
+1.2% 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 Perry County spend about $43.2M a year on groceries, or $5,563 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 17 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.5M per store, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Perry County has 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 18%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 21.9 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Perry County in 2023. That is one for every 2,586 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Perry County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Perry County is 52 (upper middle), #1,135 of 2,402 scored counties and #69 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.

How Perry 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 Perry County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasurePerry CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.914.418.7
Spending per listing$2.5M$4.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,5862,1621,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.6%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,563$5,959$6,319
Median household income$61,151$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5270

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
57
Annual payroll, 2023
$796K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
173 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 Perry 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 Perry County

Population, 2025 estimate
19,389+1.2% since 2020
Households
7,758
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
382 sq. mi.
People per square mile
50
Median household income
$61,151+16.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,866
Median home value
$163,400
Jobs located here
6,555
Daytime population
17,537Residents 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 Perry 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
69Perry County, IN521721.9$2.5M+1.2%#1,135 of 2,402

Other business types in Perry County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 grocery and convenience stores in Perry County. 3 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $43.2M a year, or $5,563 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,758 households in Perry County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Perry County has 21.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Perry County would have about 13, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,586 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Perry County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Perry County at 19,389 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,758 households. The median household income in Perry County is $61,151 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.8% 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. Perry County scores 52 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,135 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 Perry County

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