Groceries and convenience · County · New Mexico
Grocery and convenience stores in Torrance County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Torrance County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #406 of 2,402 scored counties
#6 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 7
- 4 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $32.6M
- On groceries · $5,385 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 37% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,100
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 grocery and convenience stores in Torrance County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 57%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.6, 38% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Torrance County comes to about $32.6M a year: $5,385 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 37% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Torrance County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Torrance County grew 6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Torrance County is 71 (upper middle), #406 of 2,402 scored counties and #6 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Torrance 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 | Torrance County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $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 | +6.9% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,385 | $5,673 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,842 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 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
- 74 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Torrance 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 Torrance County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,100+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,052
- Median age
- 45.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,345 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $57,842+60.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,823
- Median home value
- $159,700
- Jobs located here
- 2,924
- Daytime population
- 14,072Residents 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 |
Other business types in Torrance County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores71
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores56
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 Torrance County, NM?
Torrance County has 7 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Torrance County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Torrance County, NM spend on groceries?
About $32.6M a year, or $5,385 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,052 households in Torrance County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Torrance County, NM compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Torrance County has 11.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.7M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Torrance County would have about 10, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Torrance County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Torrance County at 16,100 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,052 households. Median household income in Torrance County is $57,842, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 60.1%, 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. Torrance County scores 71 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #406 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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