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Grocery and convenience stores in Magoffin County, KY
How Magoffin County, KY 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 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,303 of 2,402 scored counties
#88 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 11
- 3 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $22.8M
- On groceries · $4,811 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.2
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,110
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Magoffin County is 14 (low), #2,303 of 2,402 scored counties and #88 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 grocery and convenience stores in Magoffin County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 27%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 23.2 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $4,811 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Magoffin County spend about $22.8M a year on groceries. Spread across 11 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.1M per store, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Magoffin County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Magoffin County declined 4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Magoffin County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Magoffin County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.2 | 19.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,728 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $4,811 | $5,746 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $33,080 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 37 |
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
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Magoffin 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 Magoffin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,110−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,734
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 308 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $33,080+17.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $49,541
- Median home value
- $89,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,875
- Daytime population
- 9,997Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 94 | 25 | 10.9 | $6.5M | +4.9% | #15 of 2,402 |
| 2Scott County, KY | 87 | 36 | 15.9 | $4M | +8.2% | #83 of 2,402 |
| 3Bullitt County, KY | 86 | 44 | 13.9 | $4.4M | +5.0% | #91 of 2,402 |
| 4Spencer County, KY | 85 | 13 | 17.8 | $3.7M | +7.7% | #104 of 2,402 |
| 5Meade County, KY | 84 | 10 | 9.1 | $6.7M | +2.2% | #106 of 2,402 |
| 6Madison County, KY | 84 | 42 | 11.3 | $5.1M | +9.4% | #111 of 2,402 |
| 7Boone County, KY | 84 | 88 | 17.3 | $3.8M | +6.5% | #117 of 2,402 |
| 8Anderson County, KY | 83 | 14 | 14.5 | $4.1M | +5.5% | #134 of 2,402 |
| 9Jessamine County, KY | 83 | 32 | 16.1 | $3.8M | +7.8% | #137 of 2,402 |
| 10Kenton County, KY | 79 | 85 | 12.6 | $4.9M | +3.9% | #196 of 2,402 |
| 88Magoffin County, KY | 14 | 11 | 23.2 | $2.1M | −4.3% | #2,303 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Magoffin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores14
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores7
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 Magoffin County, KY?
Magoffin County has 11 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Magoffin County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Magoffin County, KY spend on groceries?
About $22.8M a year, or $4,811 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,734 households in Magoffin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Magoffin County, KY compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Magoffin County has 23.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.1M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Magoffin County would have about 7, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Magoffin County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Magoffin County at 11,110 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,734 households. Median household income in Magoffin County is $33,080, 59% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.5%, 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. Magoffin County scores 14 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,303 of 2,402 scored counties.
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