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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Pennsylvania

Grocery and convenience stores in the DuBois, PA area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the DuBois, PA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #127 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania

Listings
55
23 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$199.9M
On groceries · $6,146 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
7% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.9
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
78,100
−2.9% 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 55 grocery and convenience stores in the DuBois area. Of those, 23 are chain locations, or 42%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.9, 10% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Households in the DuBois area spend about $199.9M a year on groceries, or $6,146 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 55 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.6M per store, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the DuBois area in 2023. That is one for every 1,626 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the DuBois area declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, the DuBois area has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #127 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the DuBois area 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 DuBois, PA area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureDuBois areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.919.018.7
Spending per listing$3.6M$3.6M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,6261,3001,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.9%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,146$6,738$6,319
Median household income$62,152$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score6452

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20
Employees, 2023
489
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
11Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5523 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
59The 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 the DuBois 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 DuBois area

Population, 2025 estimate
78,100−2.9% since 2020
Households
32,518
Median age
45.8
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,145 sq. mi.
People per square mile
69
Median household income
$62,152+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,117
Median home value
$137,000
Jobs located here
27,162
Daytime population
75,318Residents 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 small-town markets in Pennsylvania for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the DuBois area marked.

Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania

Small-town markets in Pennsylvania ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hemlock Farms, PA854819.8$3.4M+7.2%#7 of 538
2East Stroudsburg, PA7211318.5$3.7M−0.7%#54 of 538
3Lock Haven, PA712516.2$3.8M+1.3%#64 of 538
4Hermitage, PA688919.1$3.2M−2.4%#100 of 538
5Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA676123.1$2.7M+2.3%#112 of 538
6Huntingdon, PA663420.8$3M−2.4%#117 of 538
7Indiana, PA666620.3$3M−0.3%#118 of 538
8Warren, PA653421.1$2.9M−3.8%#125 of 538
9DuBois, PA645516.9$3.6M−2.9%#127 of 538
10Somerset, PA615920.1$3.1M−2.7%#166 of 538

Other business types in the DuBois area

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the DuBois, PA area?

There are 55 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the DuBois area as of September 2026. 23 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the DuBois, PA area spend on groceries?

About $199.9M a year, or $6,146 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,518 households in the DuBois area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The DuBois area has 16.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.6M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the DuBois area would have about 59, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,626 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is the DuBois, PA area growing?

Population estimates put the DuBois area at 78,100 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,518 households. Median household income in the DuBois area is $62,152, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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 DuBois area scores 64 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #127 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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