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Grocery and convenience stores in Morris County, TX
The grocery and convenience stores in Morris County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,275 of 2,402 scored counties
#153 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 19
- 9 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.7M
- On groceries · $5,450 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 59% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 38.8
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,133
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Morris County has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #2,275 of 2,402 scored counties and #153 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 grocery and convenience stores in Morris County. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 38.8, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Morris County spend about $26.7M a year on groceries, or $5,450 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per store, 59% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Morris County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 816 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Morris County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Morris 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 | Morris County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 38.8 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 816 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,450 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $58,645 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 182
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 199 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Morris 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 Morris County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,133+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,895
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 252 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $58,645+41.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,742
- Median home value
- $120,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,234
- Daytime population
- 10,514Residents 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 |
| 153Morris County, TX | 17 | 19 | 38.8 | $1.4M | +1.3% | #2,275 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Morris County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores17
- Grocery stores15
- Convenience stores24
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 Morris County, TX?
Morris County has 19 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Morris County, TX spend on groceries?
About $26.7M a year, or $5,450 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,895 households in Morris County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Morris County, TX compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Morris County has 38.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.4M, 59% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Morris County would have about 8, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 816 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Morris County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Morris County at 12,133 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,895 households. Median household income in Morris County is $58,645, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.8%, 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. Morris County scores 17 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,275 of 2,402 scored counties.
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