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Grocery and convenience stores in Hale County, TX
How Hale County, TX 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,051 of 2,402 scored counties
#138 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 35
- 24 chain locations (69%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $59.1M
- On groceries · $5,360 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.7
- 70% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,819
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Hale County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #2,051 of 2,402 scored counties and #138 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 grocery and convenience stores in Hale County. Chain locations make up 69% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 31.7, 70% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Hale County comes to about $59.1M a year: $5,360 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 35 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.7M per store, 50% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Hale County in 2023. That is one for every 1,837 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show Hale County declined 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Hale County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Hale County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.7 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,837 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,360 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $51,897 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 294
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3524 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Hale 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 Hale County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,819−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 11,024
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,005 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $51,897+7.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,923
- Median home value
- $116,500
- Jobs located here
- 10,684
- Daytime population
- 28,363Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Comal County, TX | 96 | 100 | 14.0 | $4.8M | +27.9% | #8 of 2,402 |
| 2Rockwall County, TX | 94 | 53 | 12.9 | $5.6M | +28.9% | #19 of 2,402 |
| 3Denton County, TX | 93 | 422 | 11.7 | $5.9M | +16.9% | #23 of 2,402 |
| 4Williamson County, TX | 91 | 338 | 13.4 | $5.2M | +22.3% | #37 of 2,402 |
| 5Collin County, TX | 90 | 564 | 13.5 | $5.2M | +20.6% | #48 of 2,402 |
| 6Hays County, TX | 89 | 159 | 15.9 | $4M | +24.8% | #60 of 2,402 |
| 7Montgomery County, TX | 88 | 395 | 16.0 | $4.2M | +24.9% | #68 of 2,402 |
| 8Kendall County, TX | 88 | 37 | 20.9 | $3.3M | +19.6% | #71 of 2,402 |
| 9Parker County, TX | 87 | 99 | 17.5 | $3.8M | +23.5% | #84 of 2,402 |
| 10Guadalupe County, TX | 87 | 111 | 17.0 | $3.8M | +15.8% | #85 of 2,402 |
| 138Hale County, TX | 27 | 35 | 31.7 | $1.7M | −2.0% | #2,051 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Hale County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores27
- Grocery stores25
- Convenience stores11
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 Hale County, TX?
Hale County has 35 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 24 of them (69%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 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 Hale County, TX spend on groceries?
About $59.1M a year, or $5,360 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,024 households in Hale County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hale County, TX compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Hale County has 31.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 70% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.7M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Hale County would have about 17, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,837 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Hale County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hale County at 31,819 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,024 households. Median household income in Hale County is $51,897, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.3%, 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. Hale County scores 27 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,051 of 2,402 scored counties.
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