Groceries and convenience · County · South Dakota
Grocery and convenience stores in Lincoln County, SD
How Lincoln 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 · out of 100
Score 91 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #45 of 2,402 scored counties
#1 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 44
- 27 chain locations (61%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $184.8M
- On groceries · $6,630 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.8
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 77,145
- +17.5% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Lincoln County has a Groundwork market score of 91 (very high): #45 of 2,402 scored counties and #1 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
At $6,630 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Lincoln County spend about $184.8M a year on groceries. That works out to $4.2M per store, 24% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Lincoln County has 44 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 27 of them (61%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 15.8 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lincoln County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 2,534 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $781K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lincoln County. Population estimates show Lincoln County grew 17.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lincoln 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.
| Measure | Lincoln County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.8 | 24.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $2.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,534 | 1,576 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,630 | $6,012 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $99,166 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 91 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 708
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4427 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $781K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 77,145+17.5% since 2020
- Households
- 27,879
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 577 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 122
- Median household income
- $99,166+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $132,275
- Median home value
- $348,300
- Jobs located here
- 29,510
- Daytime population
- 60,089Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Lincoln County marked.
Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 91 | 44 | 15.8 | $4.2M | +17.5% | #45 of 2,402 |
| 2Yankton County, SD | 74 | 14 | 14.4 | $4.1M | +1.5% | #317 of 2,402 |
| 3Meade County, SD | 74 | 21 | 17.5 | $3.5M | +2.7% | #329 of 2,402 |
| 4Minnehaha County, SD | 74 | 175 | 20.6 | $3M | +7.6% | #338 of 2,402 |
| 5Lawrence County, SD | 73 | 21 | 17.4 | $3.4M | +14.0% | #369 of 2,402 |
| 6Pennington County, SD | 69 | 108 | 23.3 | $2.6M | +6.6% | #485 of 2,402 |
| 7Brookings County, SD | 66 | 29 | 21.0 | $2.8M | +9.6% | #573 of 2,402 |
| 8Davison County, SD | 62 | 15 | 16.9 | $3.4M | +0.6% | #710 of 2,402 |
| 9Hughes County, SD | 59 | 13 | 17.9 | $3.4M | −0.9% | #826 of 2,402 |
| 10Union County, SD | 59 | 21 | 28.7 | $2.2M | +3.3% | #850 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Lincoln County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores91
- Grocery stores85
- Convenience stores92
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Lincoln County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 grocery and convenience stores in Lincoln County. 27 of them (61%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lincoln County, SD spend on groceries?
About $184.8M a year, or $6,630 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,879 households in Lincoln County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lincoln County, SD compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Lincoln County has 15.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.2M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Lincoln County would have about 55, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,534 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Lincoln County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Lincoln County at 77,145 people in 2025, up 17.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,879 households. The median household income in Lincoln County is $99,166 a year, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.2% 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. Lincoln County scores 91 for grocery and convenience stores (very high), #45 of 2,402 scored counties.
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