Groceries and convenience · County · North Dakota
Grocery and convenience stores in Rolette County, ND
How Rolette County, ND 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 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,306 of 2,402 scored counties
#14 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 12
- 4 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.1M
- On groceries · $5,611 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.8
- 70% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,688
- −4.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Rolette County is 14 (low), #2,306 of 2,402 scored counties and #14 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $5,611 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Rolette County spend about $21.1M a year on groceries. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Rolette County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 31.8 for every 10,000 households, 70% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Rolette County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 754 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rolette County declined 4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rolette County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Rolette County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.8 | 22.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 754 | 1,809 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.1% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,611 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $59,517 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 113
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 124 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Rolette 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 Rolette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,688−4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 3,769
- Median age
- 33.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 903 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $59,517+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,773
- Median home value
- $103,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,280
- Daytime population
- 12,010Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Burleigh County, ND | 85 | 66 | 16.0 | $4M | +4.7% | #101 of 2,402 |
| 2Morton County, ND | 84 | 19 | 13.6 | $4.5M | +3.8% | #114 of 2,402 |
| 3Cass County, ND | 84 | 128 | 15.2 | $4M | +9.1% | #115 of 2,402 |
| 4Williams County, ND | 67 | 36 | 23.8 | $2.7M | +1.4% | #544 of 2,402 |
| 5Ward County, ND | 62 | 60 | 21.0 | $2.9M | −2.4% | #726 of 2,402 |
| 6Grand Forks County, ND | 62 | 65 | 20.8 | $2.8M | +1.9% | #732 of 2,402 |
| 7Stark County, ND | 61 | 33 | 24.4 | $2.5M | +0.5% | #778 of 2,402 |
| 8Barnes County, ND | 57 | 7 | 14.3 | $4.1M | −2.7% | #890 of 2,402 |
| 9McKenzie County, ND | 55 | 15 | 25.0 | $2.7M | +2.8% | #989 of 2,402 |
| 10Walsh County, ND | 45 | 9 | 20.5 | $2.9M | −3.3% | #1,385 of 2,402 |
| 14Rolette County, ND | 14 | 12 | 31.8 | $1.8M | −4.1% | #2,306 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Rolette County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores14
- Grocery stores9
- 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 Rolette County, ND?
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 grocery and convenience stores in Rolette County. 4 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Rolette County, ND spend on groceries?
About $21.1M a year, or $5,611 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,769 households in Rolette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rolette County, ND compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Rolette County has 31.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 70% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Rolette County would have about 6, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 754 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Rolette County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Rolette County at 11,688 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,769 households. The median household income in Rolette County is $59,517 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Rolette County scores 14 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,306 of 2,402 scored counties.
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