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Grocery and convenience stores in Traverse County, MN
How Traverse County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.5M
- On groceries · $5,731 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 45.8
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,130
- −6.8% since 2020
See the grocery and convenience stores around any address in Traverse County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 grocery and convenience stores in Traverse County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. That is 45.8 per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,731 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Traverse County spend about $7.5M a year on groceries. That works out to $1.3M per store, 63% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Traverse County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Traverse County declined 6.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Traverse County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Traverse County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 45.8 | 17.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $3.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,009 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.8% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,731 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,989 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Traverse 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 Traverse County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,130−6.8% since 2020
- Households
- 1,311
- Median age
- 45.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 574 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $62,989
- Average household income
- $83,949
- Median home value
- $114,100
- Jobs located here
- 973
- Daytime population
- 2,837Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Traverse County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the grocery and convenience stores on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, MN | 95 | 127 | 12.0 | $5.8M | +6.9% | #12 of 2,402 |
| 2Sherburne County, MN | 93 | 40 | 11.3 | $6M | +6.8% | #22 of 2,402 |
| 3Scott County, MN | 91 | 71 | 12.9 | $5.5M | +5.1% | #35 of 2,402 |
| 4Carver County, MN | 91 | 66 | 16.0 | $4.5M | +6.6% | #40 of 2,402 |
| 5Dakota County, MN | 90 | 213 | 12.2 | $5.5M | +3.9% | #47 of 2,402 |
| 6Anoka County, MN | 89 | 184 | 13.4 | $5M | +4.7% | #55 of 2,402 |
| 7Isanti County, MN | 89 | 24 | 14.7 | $4.2M | +7.3% | #59 of 2,402 |
| 8Wright County, MN | 88 | 101 | 18.7 | $3.6M | +11.1% | #70 of 2,402 |
| 9Clay County, MN | 87 | 31 | 11.7 | $5.2M | +3.6% | #73 of 2,402 |
| 10Chisago County, MN | 85 | 36 | 16.9 | $3.9M | +4.3% | #103 of 2,402 |
| Traverse County, MN | Not scored | 6 | 45.8 | $1.3M | −6.8% |
Other business types in Traverse County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Traverse County, MN?
Traverse County has 6 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Traverse County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Traverse County, MN spend on groceries?
About $7.5M a year, or $5,731 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,311 households in Traverse County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Traverse County, MN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Traverse County has 45.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.3M, 63% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Traverse County would have about 2, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Traverse County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Traverse County at 3,130 people in 2025, down 6.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,311 households. Median household income in Traverse County is $62,989, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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