Groceries and convenience · County · Oklahoma
Grocery and convenience stores in Pawnee County, OK
The grocery and convenience stores in Pawnee County, OK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,413 of 2,402 scored counties
#27 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 17
- 5 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $33.9M
- On groceries · $5,554 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.8
- 49% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,029
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Pawnee County spend about $33.9M a year on groceries, or $5,554 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Pawnee County has 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 27.8 per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Pawnee County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,036 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Pawnee County grew 3.1% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Pawnee County is 45 (lower middle), #1,413 of 2,402 scored counties and #27 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma.
How Pawnee 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 | Pawnee County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.8 | 20.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.8M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,036 | 2,288 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,554 | $5,787 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $58,738 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 104
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 175 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Pawnee 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 Pawnee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,029+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,108
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $58,738+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,199
- Median home value
- $131,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,630
- Daytime population
- 12,439Residents 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 |
| 27Pawnee County, OK | 45 | 17 | 27.8 | $2M | +3.1% | #1,413 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Pawnee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores45
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores31
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 Pawnee County, OK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 grocery and convenience stores in Pawnee County. 5 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Pawnee County, OK spend on groceries?
About $33.9M a year, or $5,554 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,108 households in Pawnee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pawnee County, OK compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Pawnee County has 27.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Pawnee County would have about 10, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,036 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Pawnee County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Pawnee County at 16,029 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,108 households. The median household income in Pawnee County is $58,738 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Pawnee County scores 45 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,413 of 2,402 scored counties.
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