Groceries and convenience · County · Indiana
Grocery and convenience stores in Posey County, IN
How Posey 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 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #285 of 2,402 scored counties
#18 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 13
- 6 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $64.5M
- On groceries · $6,124 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 46% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,988
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Posey County spend about $64.5M a year on groceries, or $6,124 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5M per store, 46% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 13 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Posey County as of September 2026. 6 of them (46%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 12.3 for every 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Posey County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,633 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Posey County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Posey County has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #285 of 2,402 scored counties and #18 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Posey 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 | Posey County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 14.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $4.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,633 | 2,162 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,124 | $5,959 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $78,129 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 82
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 136 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Posey 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 Posey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,988−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 10,533
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $78,129+21.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,707
- Median home value
- $222,900
- Jobs located here
- 8,278
- Daytime population
- 21,258Residents 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 |
| 18Posey County, IN | 75 | 13 | 12.3 | $5M | −0.8% | #285 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Posey County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores75
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores68
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 Posey County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 grocery and convenience stores in Posey County. 6 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Posey County, IN spend on groceries?
About $64.5M a year, or $6,124 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,533 households in Posey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Posey County, IN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Posey County has 12.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $5M, 46% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Posey County would have about 19, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,633 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Posey County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Posey County at 24,988 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,533 households. The median household income in Posey County is $78,129 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.7% 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. Posey County scores 75 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #285 of 2,402 scored counties.
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