Groceries and convenience · County · New Mexico
Grocery and convenience stores in Catron County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Catron County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
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
- $9M
- On groceries · $5,051 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.5
- 79% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,827
- +6.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Catron County comes to about $9M a year: $5,051 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per store, 56% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 6 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Catron County as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. That is 33.5 per 10,000 households, 79% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Catron County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Catron County grew 6.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Catron County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Catron County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.5 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,888 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.1% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,051 | $5,673 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $49,864 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
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
- 3The 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 Catron 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 Catron County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,827+6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,789
- Median age
- 60.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 94%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 6,924 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $49,864
- Average household income
- $58,483
- Median home value
- $167,000
- Jobs located here
- 648
- Daytime population
- 3,556Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 92 | 52 | 9.1 | $6.8M | +6.9% | #29 of 2,402 |
| 2Los Alamos County, NM | 80 | 10 | 12.1 | $6.1M | 0.0% | #175 of 2,402 |
| 3Valencia County, NM | 79 | 36 | 13.1 | $4.2M | +7.2% | #203 of 2,402 |
| 4Santa Fe County, NM | 74 | 114 | 16.1 | $3.8M | +1.2% | #324 of 2,402 |
| 5Bernalillo County, NM | 71 | 349 | 12.2 | $4.8M | −1.4% | #405 of 2,402 |
| 6Torrance County, NM | 71 | 7 | 11.6 | $4.7M | +6.9% | #406 of 2,402 |
| 7Doña Ana County, NM | 70 | 124 | 14.6 | $3.7M | +4.1% | #439 of 2,402 |
| 8Rio Arriba County, NM | 64 | 18 | 11.5 | $4.8M | −1.0% | #617 of 2,402 |
| 9Otero County, NM | 62 | 44 | 18.0 | $3M | +3.7% | #722 of 2,402 |
| 10Eddy County, NM | 62 | 51 | 21.6 | $2.7M | +0.3% | #735 of 2,402 |
| Catron County, NM | Not scored | 6 | 33.5 | $1.5M | +6.1% |
Other business types in Catron 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 Catron County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 grocery and convenience stores in Catron County. 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 Catron County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Catron County, NM spend on groceries?
About $9M a year, or $5,051 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,789 households in Catron County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Catron County, NM compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Catron County has 33.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 79% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.5M, 56% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Catron County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Catron County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Catron County at 3,827 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,789 households. The median household income in Catron County is $49,864 a year, 38% 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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