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Grocery and convenience stores in Scott County, IN

The grocery and convenience stores in Scott County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #860 of 2,402 scored counties
#59 of 86 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
15
7 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$54.2M
On groceries · $5,500 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
7% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.2
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,053
+2.8% 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

Household spending on groceries in Scott County comes to about $54.2M a year: $5,500 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per store, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There are 15 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Scott County as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 47%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 15.2 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Scott County in 2023. That is one for every 1,641 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $600K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Scott County.

Population estimates show Scott County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Scott County is 58 (upper middle), #860 of 2,402 scored counties and #59 of 86 scored counties in Indiana.

How Scott 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 Scott County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureScott CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.214.418.7
Spending per listing$3.6M$4.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,6412,1621,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.6%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,500$5,959$6,319
Median household income$56,352$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5870

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
109
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
157 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$600K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Scott 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 Scott County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,053+2.8% since 2020
Households
9,848
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
190 sq. mi.
People per square mile
129
Median household income
$56,352+15.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,102
Median home value
$158,400
Jobs located here
7,681
Daytime population
22,017Residents 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 Scott 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
59Scott County, IN581515.2$3.6M+2.8%#860 of 2,402

Other business types in Scott County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 grocery and convenience stores in Scott County. 7 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $54.2M a year, or $5,500 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,848 households in Scott County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Scott County has 15.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.6M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Scott County would have about 16, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,641 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Scott County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Scott County at 25,053 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,848 households. The median household income in Scott County is $56,352 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.7% 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. Scott County scores 58 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #860 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 Scott County

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