Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Ohio
Grocery and convenience stores in the Tiffin, OH area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Tiffin, OH area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #235 of 538 scored small-town markets
#16 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio
- Listings
- 38
- 18 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $127.2M
- On groceries · $5,709 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.1
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,522
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 grocery and convenience stores in the Tiffin area. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 17.1 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Tiffin area comes to about $127.2M a year: $5,709 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 38 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.3M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in the Tiffin area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,392 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Tiffin area.
Population estimates show the Tiffin area declined 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, the Tiffin area has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #235 of 538 scored small-town markets and #16 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.
How the Tiffin area 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 | Tiffin area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.1 | 17.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,392 | 1,422 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,709 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,025 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 369
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3818 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Tiffin 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 Tiffin area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,522−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 22,279
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 551 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $66,025+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,475
- Median home value
- $154,700
- Jobs located here
- 18,247
- Daytime population
- 47,872Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Tiffin area marked.
Top small-town markets in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mount Vernon, OH | 71 | 47 | 20.0 | $3M | +1.9% | #69 of 538 |
| 2Sidney, OH | 70 | 30 | 15.9 | $3.8M | −0.2% | #74 of 538 |
| 3Wapakoneta, OH | 69 | 37 | 19.5 | $3.1M | −1.2% | #89 of 538 |
| 4Van Wert, OH | 68 | 17 | 14.7 | $3.9M | +0.3% | #95 of 538 |
| 5Urbana, OH | 65 | 21 | 13.4 | $4.4M | +0.2% | #122 of 538 |
| 6Wilmington, OH | 64 | 32 | 19.1 | $3.1M | +0.6% | #130 of 538 |
| 7Defiance, OH | 64 | 30 | 19.6 | $3M | +0.1% | #131 of 538 |
| 8Bucyrus, OH | 63 | 29 | 16.1 | $3.5M | −0.3% | #140 of 538 |
| 9Greenville, OH | 63 | 38 | 17.8 | $3.2M | −0.7% | #144 of 538 |
| 10Chillicothe, OH | 62 | 55 | 18.5 | $3M | −0.8% | #156 of 538 |
| 16Tiffin, OH | 55 | 38 | 17.1 | $3.3M | −1.0% | #235 of 538 |
Other business types in the Tiffin area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores55
- Grocery stores60
- Convenience stores50
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 Tiffin, OH area?
There are 38 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Tiffin area as of September 2026. 18 of them (47%) 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 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Tiffin, OH area spend on groceries?
About $127.2M a year, or $5,709 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,279 households in the Tiffin area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tiffin, OH area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Tiffin area has 17.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.3M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,392 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Tiffin, OH area growing?
Population estimates put the Tiffin area at 54,522 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,279 households. Median household income in the Tiffin area is $66,025, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. 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 Tiffin area scores 55 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #235 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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