Groceries and convenience · County · Indiana
Grocery and convenience stores in Steuben County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Steuben County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #469 of 2,402 scored counties
#28 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 24
- 5 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $83.7M
- On groceries · $5,954 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.1
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,799
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 grocery and convenience stores in Steuben County. 5 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 17.1 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Steuben County comes to about $83.7M a year: $5,954 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 24 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.5M per store, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Steuben County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,343 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Steuben County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Steuben County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #469 of 2,402 scored counties and #28 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Steuben 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 | Steuben County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.1 | 14.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $4.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,343 | 2,162 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,954 | $5,959 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $74,911 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 92
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 245 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Steuben 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 Steuben County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,799+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 14,058
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 309 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 112
- Median household income
- $74,911+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,356
- Median home value
- $216,200
- Jobs located here
- 15,877
- Daytime population
- 34,843Residents 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 |
| 28Steuben County, IN | 69 | 24 | 17.1 | $3.5M | +1.0% | #469 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Steuben County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores69
- Grocery stores60
- Convenience stores71
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 Steuben County, IN?
There are 24 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Steuben County as of September 2026. 5 of them (21%) 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. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Steuben County, IN spend on groceries?
About $83.7M a year, or $5,954 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,058 households in Steuben County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Steuben County, IN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Steuben County has 17.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.5M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Steuben County would have about 25, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,343 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Steuben County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Steuben County at 34,799 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,058 households. Median household income in Steuben County is $74,911, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Steuben County scores 69 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #469 of 2,402 scored counties.
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