Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · North Carolina
Grocery and convenience stores in the Anderson Creek, NC area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Anderson Creek, NC area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #36 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 94
- 48 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- −3.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $292.7M
- On groceries · $5,871 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.9
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 150,137
- +12.3% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, the Anderson Creek area has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #36 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for grocery and convenience stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 94 grocery and convenience stores in the Anderson Creek area. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.9, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,871 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Anderson Creek area spend about $292.7M a year on groceries. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Anderson Creek area was 28 in 2023, down 3.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,780 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $573K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Anderson Creek area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Anderson Creek area grew 12.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Anderson Creek area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Anderson Creek area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.9 | 20.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,780 | 1,469 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.4% | +8.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.3% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,871 | $6,016 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,287 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28−3.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,028
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9448 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 86The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $573K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Anderson Creek area, 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 the Anderson Creek area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 150,137+12.3% since 2020
- Households
- 49,845
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 595 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 234
- Median household income
- $71,287
- Average household income
- $89,999
- Median home value
- $246,200
- Jobs located here
- 27,545
- Daytime population
- 112,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Carolina for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Anderson Creek area marked.
Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson Creek, NC | 76 | 94 | 18.9 | $3.1M | +12.3% | #36 of 538 |
| 2Brevard, NC | 70 | 25 | 17.1 | $3.4M | +2.9% | #78 of 538 |
| 3Elizabeth City, NC | 68 | 33 | 20.9 | $2.7M | +4.5% | #103 of 538 |
| 4Marion, NC | 63 | 34 | 18.2 | $3M | +1.5% | #148 of 538 |
| 5New Bern, NC | 59 | 99 | 18.9 | $3M | +3.6% | #186 of 538 |
| 6Waynesville, NC | 58 | 61 | 22.5 | $2.5M | +1.9% | #203 of 538 |
| 7Albemarle, NC | 57 | 62 | 24.6 | $2.3M | +9.8% | #220 of 538 |
| 8Morehead City, NC | 54 | 89 | 27.8 | $2.2M | +4.1% | #253 of 538 |
| 9Mount Airy, NC | 46 | 76 | 25.4 | $2.1M | +1.3% | #323 of 538 |
| 10Forest City, NC | 43 | 62 | 23.3 | $2.3M | +2.1% | #355 of 538 |
Other business types in the Anderson Creek area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores76
- Grocery stores67
- Convenience stores73
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 the Anderson Creek, NC area?
There are 94 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Anderson Creek area as of September 2026. 48 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 3.4% from 2019. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Anderson Creek, NC area spend on groceries?
About $292.7M a year, or $5,871 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 94 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,845 households in the Anderson Creek area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Anderson Creek, NC area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Anderson Creek area has 18.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.1M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Anderson Creek area would have about 86, against 94 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,780 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Anderson Creek, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Anderson Creek area at 150,137 people in 2025, up 12.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,845 households. Median household income in the Anderson Creek area is $71,287, 12% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Anderson Creek area scores 76 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #36 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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