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Grocery and convenience stores in Crawford County, PA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Crawford County, PA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,319 of 2,402 scored counties
#54 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
73
28 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
24
+4.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$206.1M
On groceries · $6,092 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.6
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
81,792
−2.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 73 grocery and convenience stores in Crawford County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 21.6 per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Crawford County comes to about $206.1M a year: $6,092 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Crawford County was 24 in 2023, up 4.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,410 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Crawford County.

Population estimates show Crawford County declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Crawford County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,319 of 2,402 scored counties and #54 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania.

How Crawford County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Crawford County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.619.018.7
Spending per listing$2.8M$3.6M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,4101,3001,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.4%+7.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,092$6,738$6,319
Median household income$60,476$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score4752

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
23 → 24+4.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
502
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
20Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7328 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
61The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$350K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
81,792−2.4% since 2020
Households
33,838
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,012 sq. mi.
People per square mile
82
Median household income
$60,476+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,870
Median home value
$153,200
Jobs located here
28,045
Daytime population
77,378Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Pennsylvania

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

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chester County, PA8632716.0$4.9M+4.2%#88 of 2,402
2Cumberland County, PA8219318.1$3.9M+6.5%#152 of 2,402
3Adams County, PA827418.1$3.8M+3.6%#153 of 2,402
4York County, PA8132417.8$3.8M+3.6%#169 of 2,402
5Butler County, PA8015719.4$3.6M+3.2%#189 of 2,402
6Pike County, PA794819.8$3.4M+7.2%#212 of 2,402
7Washington County, PA7714816.7$4M+0.7%#245 of 2,402
8Franklin County, PA7711017.3$3.8M+3.0%#248 of 2,402
9Westmoreland County, PA7622814.7$4.5M−1.4%#263 of 2,402
10Fulton County, PA75711.0$5.7M−0.6%#283 of 2,402
54Crawford County, PA477321.6$2.8M−2.4%#1,319 of 2,402

Other business types in Crawford County

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Crawford County, PA?

There are 73 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Crawford County as of September 2026. 28 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 4.4% from 2019. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Crawford County, PA spend on groceries?

About $206.1M a year, or $6,092 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 73 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,838 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Crawford County has 21.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.8M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Crawford County would have about 61, against 73 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,410 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Crawford County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 81,792 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,838 households. Median household income in Crawford County is $60,476, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.2%, 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. Crawford County scores 47 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,319 of 2,402 scored counties.

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