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Grocery and convenience stores in Tuscola County, MI
The grocery and convenience stores in Tuscola County, MI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,355 of 2,402 scored counties
#37 of 75 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 43
- 9 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $120.8M
- On groceries · $5,619 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.0
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,680
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Tuscola County comes to about $120.8M a year: $5,619 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 43 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.8M per store, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Tuscola County has 43 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 20.0 per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Tuscola County in 2023. That is one for every 1,792 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Tuscola County declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Tuscola County scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,355 of 2,402 scored counties and #37 of 75 scored counties in Michigan.
How Tuscola County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Tuscola County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.0 | 17.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,792 | 1,613 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,619 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $63,811 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 369
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 439 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The 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 Tuscola 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 Tuscola County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,680−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 21,498
- Median age
- 45.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 805 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $63,811+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,133
- Median home value
- $149,500
- Jobs located here
- 10,757
- Daytime population
- 44,077Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston County, MI | 87 | 75 | 9.8 | $6.9M | +1.7% | #72 of 2,402 |
| 2Ottawa County, MI | 83 | 168 | 15.1 | $4.3M | +3.9% | #130 of 2,402 |
| 3Clinton County, MI | 78 | 48 | 15.2 | $4.2M | +1.6% | #220 of 2,402 |
| 4Oakland County, MI | 77 | 663 | 12.5 | $5.3M | +1.2% | #236 of 2,402 |
| 5Monroe County, MI | 77 | 79 | 12.5 | $4.9M | +0.7% | #238 of 2,402 |
| 6Macomb County, MI | 74 | 431 | 12.0 | $5.1M | +0.7% | #310 of 2,402 |
| 7Washtenaw County, MI | 73 | 180 | 12.0 | $5.4M | −0.4% | #341 of 2,402 |
| 8Kent County, MI | 73 | 420 | 16.4 | $3.8M | +2.5% | #357 of 2,402 |
| 9Eaton County, MI | 72 | 67 | 14.7 | $4.1M | +0.4% | #386 of 2,402 |
| 10Barry County, MI | 70 | 43 | 17.6 | $3.5M | +2.2% | #444 of 2,402 |
| 37Tuscola County, MI | 46 | 43 | 20.0 | $2.8M | −1.2% | #1,355 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Tuscola County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores46
- Grocery stores46
- Convenience stores43
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 Tuscola County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 grocery and convenience stores in Tuscola County. 9 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Tuscola County, MI spend on groceries?
About $120.8M a year, or $5,619 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,498 households in Tuscola County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tuscola County, MI compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Tuscola County has 20.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.8M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Tuscola County would have about 36, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,792 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Tuscola County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Tuscola County at 52,680 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,498 households. The median household income in Tuscola County is $63,811 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. Tuscola County scores 46 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,355 of 2,402 scored counties.
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