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Grocery and convenience stores in Leon County, TX

The grocery and convenience stores in Leon County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,936 of 2,402 scored counties
#129 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
23
5 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$38M
On groceries · $5,631 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
51% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
34.1
82% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,894
+7.1% 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

For grocery and convenience stores, Leon County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,936 of 2,402 scored counties and #129 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Leon County spend about $38M a year on groceries, or $5,631 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 51% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There are 23 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Leon County as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 22%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 34.1, 82% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Leon County in 2023. That is one for every 963 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Leon County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Leon 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Leon County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLeon CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households34.120.018.7
Spending per listing$1.7M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment9631,4271,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.5%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,631$6,186$6,319
Median household income$61,449$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3156

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 7
Employees, 2023
156
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
235 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Leon 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 Leon County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,894+7.1% since 2020
Households
6,741
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,073 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$61,449+42.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,708
Median home value
$186,400
Jobs located here
4,569
Daytime population
14,354Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Texas

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Comal County, TX9610014.0$4.8M+27.9%#8 of 2,402
2Rockwall County, TX945312.9$5.6M+28.9%#19 of 2,402
3Denton County, TX9342211.7$5.9M+16.9%#23 of 2,402
4Williamson County, TX9133813.4$5.2M+22.3%#37 of 2,402
5Collin County, TX9056413.5$5.2M+20.6%#48 of 2,402
6Hays County, TX8915915.9$4M+24.8%#60 of 2,402
7Montgomery County, TX8839516.0$4.2M+24.9%#68 of 2,402
8Kendall County, TX883720.9$3.3M+19.6%#71 of 2,402
9Parker County, TX879917.5$3.8M+23.5%#84 of 2,402
10Guadalupe County, TX8711117.0$3.8M+15.8%#85 of 2,402
129Leon County, TX312334.1$1.7M+7.1%#1,936 of 2,402

Other business types in Leon County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Leon County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 23 grocery and convenience stores in Leon County. 5 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Leon County, TX spend on groceries?

About $38M a year, or $5,631 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,741 households in Leon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Leon County has 34.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 82% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.7M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Leon County would have about 11, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 963 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Leon County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Leon County at 16,894 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,741 households. The median household income in Leon County is $61,449 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.8% 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. Leon County scores 31 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,936 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Leon 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 Leon County

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