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Grocery and convenience stores in Hocking County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Hocking County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #823 of 2,402 scored counties
#30 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 18
- 4 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $65.3M
- On groceries · $5,641 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.6
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,512
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 grocery and convenience stores in Hocking County. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 15.6 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,641 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Hocking County spend about $65.3M a year on groceries. That works out to $3.6M per store, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Hocking County in 2023. That is one for every 2,314 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Hocking County declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Hocking County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #823 of 2,402 scored counties and #30 of 88 scored counties in Ohio.
How Hocking County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Hocking County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.6 | 17.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,314 | 1,422 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,641 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,960 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 166
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 184 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Hocking 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 Hocking County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,512−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 11,568
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 421 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $62,960+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,336
- Median home value
- $186,400
- Jobs located here
- 6,934
- Daytime population
- 24,501Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 95 | 96 | 11.7 | $6.3M | +12.5% | #10 of 2,402 |
| 2Union County, OH | 93 | 35 | 14.4 | $4.7M | +16.5% | #25 of 2,402 |
| 3Fairfield County, OH | 91 | 80 | 13.3 | $4.8M | +6.5% | #39 of 2,402 |
| 4Warren County, OH | 86 | 110 | 11.9 | $5.8M | +5.7% | #86 of 2,402 |
| 5Clermont County, OH | 84 | 88 | 10.4 | $6.1M | +3.9% | #107 of 2,402 |
| 6Madison County, OH | 84 | 26 | 16.6 | $3.8M | +7.1% | #118 of 2,402 |
| 7Miami County, OH | 83 | 60 | 13.4 | $4.5M | +3.4% | #127 of 2,402 |
| 8Medina County, OH | 81 | 106 | 14.5 | $4.5M | +1.3% | #161 of 2,402 |
| 9Greene County, OH | 80 | 79 | 11.6 | $5.5M | +3.7% | #177 of 2,402 |
| 10Pickaway County, OH | 80 | 32 | 14.6 | $4.1M | +7.4% | #182 of 2,402 |
| 30Hocking County, OH | 59 | 18 | 15.6 | $3.6M | −1.9% | #823 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Hocking County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores59
- Grocery stores54
- Convenience stores46
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 Hocking County, OH?
There are 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Hocking County as of September 2026. 4 of them (22%) 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 Hocking County, OH spend on groceries?
About $65.3M a year, or $5,641 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,568 households in Hocking County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hocking County, OH compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Hocking County has 15.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.6M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Hocking County would have about 19, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,314 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Hocking County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Hocking County at 27,512 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,568 households. Median household income in Hocking County is $62,960, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.2%, 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. Hocking County scores 59 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #823 of 2,402 scored counties.
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