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Grocery and convenience stores in Milam County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,727 of 2,402 scored counties
#114 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
33
14 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$58.5M
On groceries · $5,765 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
48% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
32.5
74% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,258
+6.0% 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

Household spending on groceries in Milam County comes to about $58.5M a year: $5,765 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per store, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There are 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Milam County as of September 2026. 14 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 32.5 per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Milam County in 2023. That is one for every 1,128 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Milam County grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Milam County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,727 of 2,402 scored counties and #114 of 162 scored counties in Texas.

How Milam 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 Milam County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMilam CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households32.520.018.7
Spending per listing$1.8M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,1281,4271,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.5%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,765$6,186$6,319
Median household income$66,141$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3756

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 9
Employees, 2023
148
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3314 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 Milam 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 Milam County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,258+6.0% since 2020
Households
10,152
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,016 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$66,141+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,925
Median home value
$189,800
Jobs located here
5,807
Daytime population
19,537Residents 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 Milam 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
114Milam County, TX373332.5$1.8M+6.0%#1,727 of 2,402

Other business types in Milam County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 33 grocery and convenience stores in Milam County. 14 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $58.5M a year, or $5,765 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,152 households in Milam County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Milam County has 32.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Milam County would have about 17, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,128 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Milam County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Milam County at 26,258 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,152 households. The median household income in Milam County is $66,141 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.1% 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. Milam County scores 37 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,727 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 Milam County

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