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Grocery and convenience stores in Hanson County, SD

How Hanson 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
5
2 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7M
On groceries · $6,201 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
59% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
44.2
2.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
3,456
−0.3% 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 $6,201 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Hanson County spend about $7M a year on groceries. That works out to $1.4M per store, 59% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Hanson County has 5 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 40%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 44.2 for every 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Hanson County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Hanson 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 Hanson County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureHanson CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households44.224.718.7
Spending per listing$1.4M$2.4M$3.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,5761,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,201$6,012$6,319
Median household income$81,071$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
52 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Hanson 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 Hanson County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,456−0.3% since 2020
Households
1,132
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
89%
Vehicles per household
2.7
Land area
435 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$81,071
Average household income
$104,104
Median home value
$191,200
Jobs located here
739
Daytime population
2,657Residents 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 Hanson 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
Hanson County, SDNot scored544.2$1.4M−0.3%

Other business types in Hanson County

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

Groceries and convenience

Funeral services

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 grocery and convenience stores in Hanson County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Hanson County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $7M a year, or $6,201 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,132 households in Hanson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Hanson County has 44.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.4M, 59% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Hanson County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is Hanson County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Hanson County at 3,456 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,132 households. The median household income in Hanson County is $81,071 a year, in line with 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.

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