Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Oklahoma
Grocery and convenience stores in the Elk City, OK area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Elk City, OK area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #495 of 538 scored small-town markets
#16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 31
- 11 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $44.6M
- On groceries · $5,446 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 37.9
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 22,159
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Elk City area scores 20 (low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #495 of 538 scored small-town markets and #16 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Elk City area spend about $44.6M a year on groceries, or $5,446 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 58% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 31 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Elk City area as of September 2026. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 35%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 37.9 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Elk City area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,365 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Elk City area. Population estimates show the Elk City area declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Elk City area 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 | Elk City area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 37.9 | 20.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2.8M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,365 | 2,288 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,446 | $5,787 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $53,328 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 133
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3111 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Elk City 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 Elk City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 22,159−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,188
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 902 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $53,328+5.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,431
- Median home value
- $143,500
- Jobs located here
- 8,119
- Daytime population
- 22,638Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Elk City area marked.
Top small-town markets in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shawnee, OK | 81 | 40 | 14.9 | $3.8M | +3.5% | #15 of 538 |
| 2Bartlesville, OK | 77 | 36 | 17.2 | $3.3M | +2.7% | #31 of 538 |
| 3Tahlequah, OK | 70 | 30 | 16.0 | $3.4M | +4.5% | #77 of 538 |
| 4Stillwater, OK | 70 | 57 | 17.5 | $3.1M | +2.8% | #80 of 538 |
| 5Durant, OK | 59 | 49 | 26.6 | $2.1M | +10.9% | #192 of 538 |
| 6Ponca City, OK | 56 | 31 | 18.5 | $3M | −0.3% | #226 of 538 |
| 7Duncan, OK | 53 | 50 | 28.5 | $2M | +3.4% | #261 of 538 |
| 8Altus, OK | 51 | 27 | 27.6 | $2.1M | +0.1% | #279 of 538 |
| 9Miami, OK | 49 | 27 | 22.6 | $2.3M | +0.7% | #295 of 538 |
| 10Ada, OK | 41 | 42 | 27.8 | $2M | +1.2% | #372 of 538 |
| 16Elk City, OK | 20 | 31 | 37.9 | $1.4M | −0.7% | #495 of 538 |
Other business types in the Elk City area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores20
- Grocery stores20
- Convenience stores15
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 Elk City, OK area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 31 grocery and convenience stores in the Elk City area. 11 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Elk City, OK area spend on groceries?
About $44.6M a year, or $5,446 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,188 households in the Elk City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Elk City, OK area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Elk City area has 37.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.4M, 58% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Elk City area would have about 13, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,365 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Elk City, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the Elk City area at 22,159 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,188 households. The median household income in the Elk City area is $53,328 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 5.1% 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. 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 Elk City area scores 20 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #495 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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