Groceries and convenience · County · Oklahoma
Grocery and convenience stores in Cherokee County, OK
How Cherokee County, OK 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #711 of 2,402 scored counties
#13 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 30
- 7 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $101.6M
- On groceries · $5,436 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.0
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,196
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,436 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Cherokee County spend about $101.6M a year on groceries. Spread across 30 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.4M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 30 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Cherokee County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 23% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 16.0 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Cherokee County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 2,078 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Cherokee County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Cherokee County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #711 of 2,402 scored counties and #13 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma.
How Cherokee County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Cherokee County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.0 | 20.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $2.8M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,078 | 2,288 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,436 | $5,787 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $53,218 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 160
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 307 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 Cherokee 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 Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,196+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,698
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 749 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $53,218+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,290
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,276
- Daytime population
- 42,397Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wagoner County, OK | 94 | 34 | 10.8 | $5.7M | +14.6% | #18 of 2,402 |
| 2Canadian County, OK | 93 | 85 | 14.6 | $4.3M | +20.4% | #28 of 2,402 |
| 3Logan County, OK | 91 | 27 | 15.1 | $4.1M | +11.5% | #46 of 2,402 |
| 4Rogers County, OK | 89 | 42 | 11.5 | $5.4M | +7.1% | #53 of 2,402 |
| 5Cleveland County, OK | 83 | 145 | 12.4 | $4.9M | +2.6% | #124 of 2,402 |
| 6McClain County, OK | 82 | 33 | 20.1 | $3.1M | +18.4% | #154 of 2,402 |
| 7Creek County, OK | 76 | 44 | 15.6 | $3.7M | +4.4% | #275 of 2,402 |
| 8Pottawatomie County, OK | 73 | 40 | 14.9 | $3.8M | +3.5% | #359 of 2,402 |
| 9Tulsa County, OK | 73 | 452 | 16.6 | $3.6M | +4.2% | #361 of 2,402 |
| 10Washington County, OK | 68 | 36 | 17.2 | $3.3M | +2.7% | #508 of 2,402 |
| 13Cherokee County, OK | 62 | 30 | 16.0 | $3.4M | +4.5% | #711 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Cherokee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores62
- Grocery stores72
- Convenience stores57
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 Cherokee County, OK?
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 grocery and convenience stores in Cherokee County. 7 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cherokee County, OK spend on groceries?
About $101.6M a year, or $5,436 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,698 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, OK compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Cherokee County has 16.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.4M, 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 2,078 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Cherokee County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 49,196 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,698 households. The median household income in Cherokee County is $53,218 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Cherokee County scores 62 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #711 of 2,402 scored counties.
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