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Grocery and convenience stores in Menard County, TX

How Menard 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

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
5
2 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.1M
On groceries · $5,452 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
70% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
53.1
2.8 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,956
−0.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 grocery and convenience stores in Menard County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 40%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 53.1 per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.

At $5,452 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Menard County spend about $5.1M a year on groceries. Spread across 5 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1M per store, 70% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Menard County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 314 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Menard County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Menard 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 Menard County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMenard CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households53.120.018.7
Spending per listing$1M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment3141,4271,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.5%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,452$6,186$6,319
Median household income$53,043$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$825K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
52 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Menard 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 Menard County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,956−0.1% since 2020
Households
942
Median age
56.9
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
902 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$53,043
Average household income
$71,964
Median home value
$108,500
Jobs located here
452
Daytime population
1,823Residents 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 Menard 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
Menard County, TXNot scored553.1$1M−0.1%

Other business types in Menard County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

There are 5 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Menard County as of September 2026. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $5.1M a year, or $5,452 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 942 households in Menard County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Menard County has 53.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1M, 70% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Menard County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 314 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Menard County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Menard County at 1,956 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 942 households. Median household income in Menard County is $53,043, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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 Menard County

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