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Grocery and convenience stores in Woodward County, OK

How Woodward 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,651 of 2,402 scored counties
#35 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma

Listings
25
15 chain locations (60%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$45.2M
On groceries · $5,700 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
31.5
68% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,827
−2.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $5,700 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Woodward County spend about $45.2M a year on groceries. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Woodward County has 25 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 60% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 31.5 per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Woodward County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,642 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Woodward County declined 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Woodward County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,651 of 2,402 scored counties and #35 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma.

How Woodward 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Woodward County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureWoodward CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households31.520.618.7
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.8M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,6422,2881,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,700$5,787$6,319
Median household income$61,417$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score3949

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
77
Annual payroll, 2023
$2M
One-person businesses, 2023
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2515 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
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Woodward 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 Woodward County

Population, 2025 estimate
19,827−2.8% since 2020
Households
7,925
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,243 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$61,417+2.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,705
Median home value
$169,000
Jobs located here
8,020
Daytime population
19,265Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Woodward County marked.

Top counties in Oklahoma

Counties in Oklahoma ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wagoner County, OK943410.8$5.7M+14.6%#18 of 2,402
2Canadian County, OK938514.6$4.3M+20.4%#28 of 2,402
3Logan County, OK912715.1$4.1M+11.5%#46 of 2,402
4Rogers County, OK894211.5$5.4M+7.1%#53 of 2,402
5Cleveland County, OK8314512.4$4.9M+2.6%#124 of 2,402
6McClain County, OK823320.1$3.1M+18.4%#154 of 2,402
7Creek County, OK764415.6$3.7M+4.4%#275 of 2,402
8Pottawatomie County, OK734014.9$3.8M+3.5%#359 of 2,402
9Tulsa County, OK7345216.6$3.6M+4.2%#361 of 2,402
10Washington County, OK683617.2$3.3M+2.7%#508 of 2,402
35Woodward County, OK392531.5$1.8M−2.8%#1,651 of 2,402

Other business types in Woodward County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Woodward County, OK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 grocery and convenience stores in Woodward County. 15 of them (60%) 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. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Woodward County, OK spend on groceries?

About $45.2M a year, or $5,700 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,925 households in Woodward County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Woodward County, OK compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Woodward County has 31.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Woodward County would have about 13, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,642 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Woodward County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Woodward County at 19,827 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,925 households. The median household income in Woodward County is $61,417 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 2.1% 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. 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. Woodward County scores 39 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,651 of 2,402 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Woodward County

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