Groceries and convenience · County · South Dakota
Grocery and convenience stores in Oglala Lakota County, SD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Oglala Lakota County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.6M
- On groceries · $4,986 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.7
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,338
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Oglala Lakota County comes to about $14.6M a year: $4,986 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Oglala Lakota County has 4 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.7, 27% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Oglala Lakota County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 731 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Oglala Lakota County declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, Oglala Lakota County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Oglala Lakota 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 | Oglala Lakota County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.7 | 24.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $2.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 731 | 1,576 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $4,986 | $6,012 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $41,417 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 98
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 42 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Oglala Lakota 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 Oglala Lakota County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,338−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,923
- Median age
- 27.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.4
- Land area
- 2,094 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $41,417+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $54,084
- Median home value
- $52,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,851
- Daytime population
- 15,275Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Oglala Lakota County, SD | Not scored | 4 | 13.7 | $3.6M | −2.3% |
Other business types in Oglala Lakota County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Oglala Lakota County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 grocery and convenience stores in Oglala Lakota County. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Oglala Lakota County, SD spend on groceries?
About $14.6M a year, or $4,986 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,923 households in Oglala Lakota County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Oglala Lakota County, SD compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Oglala Lakota County has 13.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.6M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 731 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Oglala Lakota County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Oglala Lakota County at 13,338 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,923 households. The median household income in Oglala Lakota County is $41,417 a year, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.4% 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. Oglala Lakota County has no market score for grocery and convenience stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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