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Grocery and convenience stores in McKinley County, NM
How McKinley County, NM 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,167 of 2,402 scored counties
#22 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 48
- 27 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $109.2M
- On groceries · $5,112 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.5
- 20% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 68,119
- −6.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in McKinley County is 22 (low), #2,167 of 2,402 scored counties and #22 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 48 grocery and convenience stores in McKinley County. Of those, 27 are chain locations, or 56%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 22.5 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in McKinley County spend about $109.2M a year on groceries, or $5,112 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in McKinley County in 2023. That is one for every 1,335 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in McKinley County from 2020 to 2025 at −6.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How McKinley 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 | McKinley County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.5 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,335 | 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 | $5,112 | $5,673 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $47,668 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 568
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4827 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 McKinley 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 McKinley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,119−6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 21,353
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 5,451 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $47,668+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,961
- Median home value
- $78,700
- Jobs located here
- 19,649
- Daytime population
- 70,240Residents 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 |
| 22McKinley County, NM | 22 | 48 | 22.5 | $2.3M | −6.1% | #2,167 of 2,402 |
Other business types in McKinley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores22
- Grocery stores12
- Convenience stores34
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 McKinley County, NM?
McKinley County has 48 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 27 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in McKinley County, NM spend on groceries?
About $109.2M a year, or $5,112 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,353 households in McKinley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McKinley County, NM compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
McKinley County has 22.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.3M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, McKinley County would have about 32, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,335 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is McKinley County, NM growing?
Population estimates put McKinley County at 68,119 people in 2025, down 6.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,353 households. Median household income in McKinley County is $47,668, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.9%, 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. McKinley County scores 22 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,167 of 2,402 scored counties.
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