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Grocery and convenience stores in Liberty County, TX
The grocery and convenience stores in Liberty County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,216 of 2,402 scored counties
#77 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 78
- 31 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $183.2M
- On groceries · $5,874 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.0
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 121,364
- +31.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 78 grocery and convenience stores in Liberty County. 31 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.0, 34% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,874 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Liberty County spend about $183.2M a year on groceries. That works out to $2.3M per store, 31% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Liberty County was 27 in 2023. That is one for every 1,155 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $877K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Liberty County.
Population estimates put the population change in Liberty County from 2020 to 2025 at +31.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Liberty County is 50 (upper middle), #1,216 of 2,402 scored counties and #77 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Liberty 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 | Liberty County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.0 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,155 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +31.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,874 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $68,703 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 27
- Employees, 2023
- 475
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7831 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $877K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Liberty 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 Liberty County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 121,364+31.3% since 2020
- Households
- 31,183
- Median age
- 33.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,159 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $68,703+33.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,482
- Median home value
- $181,700
- Jobs located here
- 18,343
- Daytime population
- 79,956Residents 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 |
| 77Liberty County, TX | 50 | 78 | 25.0 | $2.3M | +31.3% | #1,216 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Liberty County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores50
- Grocery stores64
- Convenience stores48
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 Liberty County, TX?
Liberty County has 78 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 31 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Liberty County, TX spend on groceries?
About $183.2M a year, or $5,874 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 78 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,183 households in Liberty County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Liberty County, TX compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Liberty County has 25.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.3M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Liberty County would have about 54, against 78 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,155 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Liberty County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Liberty County at 121,364 people in 2025, up 31.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,183 households. Median household income in Liberty County is $68,703, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.4%, 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. Liberty County scores 50 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,216 of 2,402 scored counties.
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