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Grocery and convenience stores in Faulk County, SD

How Faulk County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.9M
On groceries · $5,694 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
23.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
2,178
+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

Household spending on groceries in Faulk County comes to about $4.9M a year: $5,694 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each store on map listings.

There are 2 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Faulk County as of September 2026. That is 23.2 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Faulk County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Faulk County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Faulk County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Faulk County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureFaulk CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.224.718.7
Spending per listing$2.5M$2.4M$3.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,5761,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,694$6,012$6,319
Median household income$57,750$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

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
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Faulk 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 Faulk County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,178+2.4% since 2020
Households
862
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
982 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$57,750
Average household income
$90,606
Median home value
$147,500
Jobs located here
539
Daytime population
1,895Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across South Dakota

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

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD914415.8$4.2M+17.5%#45 of 2,402
2Yankton County, SD741414.4$4.1M+1.5%#317 of 2,402
3Meade County, SD742117.5$3.5M+2.7%#329 of 2,402
4Minnehaha County, SD7417520.6$3M+7.6%#338 of 2,402
5Lawrence County, SD732117.4$3.4M+14.0%#369 of 2,402
6Pennington County, SD6910823.3$2.6M+6.6%#485 of 2,402
7Brookings County, SD662921.0$2.8M+9.6%#573 of 2,402
8Davison County, SD621516.9$3.4M+0.6%#710 of 2,402
9Hughes County, SD591317.9$3.4M−0.9%#826 of 2,402
10Union County, SD592128.7$2.2M+3.3%#850 of 2,402
Faulk County, SDNot scored223.2$2.5M+2.4%

Other business types in Faulk County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Faulk County, SD?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 grocery and convenience stores in Faulk County. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Faulk County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Faulk County, SD spend on groceries?

About $4.9M a year, or $5,694 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 862 households in Faulk County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Faulk County has 2 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Faulk County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Faulk County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Faulk County at 2,178 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 862 households. The median household income in Faulk County is $57,750 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Faulk County. It maps the grocery and convenience stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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

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