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Grocery and convenience stores in Live Oak County, TX

How Live Oak 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,033 of 2,402 scored counties
#135 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
23
18 chain locations (78%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$24.2M
On groceries · $5,559 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
69% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
52.8
2.8 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
11,929
+5.1% 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

The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Live Oak County is 28 (lower middle), #2,033 of 2,402 scored counties and #135 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 grocery and convenience stores in Live Oak County. Of those, 18 are chain locations, or 78%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 52.8 per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Households in Live Oak County spend about $24.2M a year on groceries, or $5,559 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.1M per store, 69% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Live Oak County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Live Oak County grew 5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Live Oak 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 Live Oak County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLive Oak CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households52.820.018.7
Spending per listing$1.1M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,4271,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.5%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,559$6,186$6,319
Median household income$57,150$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2856

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2318 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Live Oak 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 Live Oak County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,929+5.1% since 2020
Households
4,358
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,040 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$57,150+6.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,578
Median home value
$159,200
Jobs located here
3,120
Daytime population
10,839Residents 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 Live Oak 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
135Live Oak County, TX282352.8$1.1M+5.1%#2,033 of 2,402

Other business types in Live Oak County

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

Questions

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

There are 23 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Live Oak County as of September 2026. 18 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Live Oak County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $24.2M a year, or $5,559 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,358 households in Live Oak County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Live Oak County has 52.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.1M, 69% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Live Oak County would have about 7, against 23 on map listings.

How fast is Live Oak County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Live Oak County at 11,929 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,358 households. Median household income in Live Oak County is $57,150, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 6.1%, 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. Live Oak County scores 28 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,033 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Live Oak County

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