Groceries and convenience · County · Oklahoma
Grocery and convenience stores in Murray County, OK
How Murray 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,015 of 2,402 scored counties
#44 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 15
- 6 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $28.5M
- On groceries · $5,756 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.3
- 62% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,805
- −0.5% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Murray County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #2,015 of 2,402 scored counties and #44 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 grocery and convenience stores in Murray County. 6 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 30.3 for every 10,000 households, 62% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Murray County comes to about $28.5M a year: $5,756 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 44% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Murray County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Murray County declined 0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Murray 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 | Murray County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.3 | 20.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.8M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,288 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.5% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,756 | $5,787 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,322 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 156 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Murray 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 Murray County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,805−0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,956
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 416 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $66,322+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,934
- Median home value
- $159,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,043
- Daytime population
- 12,084Residents 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 |
| 44Murray County, OK | 28 | 15 | 30.3 | $1.9M | −0.5% | #2,015 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Murray County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores24
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 Murray County, OK?
There are 15 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Murray County as of September 2026. 6 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Murray County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Murray County, OK spend on groceries?
About $28.5M a year, or $5,756 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,956 households in Murray County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Murray County, OK compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Murray County has 30.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 62% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.9M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Murray County would have about 8, against 15 on map listings.
How fast is Murray County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Murray County at 13,805 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,956 households. Median household income in Murray County is $66,322, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.4%, 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. Murray County scores 28 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,015 of 2,402 scored counties.
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