Groundwork

Groceries and convenience · County · Texas

Grocery and convenience stores in Stephens County, TX

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
15
8 chain locations (53%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.9M
On groceries · $5,500 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
61% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
41.4
2.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,380
+3.1% since 2020

See the grocery and convenience stores around any address in Stephens County

The site report maps the grocery and convenience stores on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Stephens County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $5,500 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Stephens County spend about $19.9M a year on groceries. Spread across 15 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.3M per store, 61% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There are 15 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Stephens County as of September 2026. 8 of them (53%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 41.4 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Stephens County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 906 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Stephens County grew 3.1% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Stephens 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 Stephens County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureStephens CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households41.420.018.7
Spending per listing$1.3M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment9061,4271,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.5%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,500$6,186$6,319
Median household income$58,008$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
59
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
158 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Stephens 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 Stephens County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,380+3.1% since 2020
Households
3,623
Median age
42.9
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
897 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$58,008
Average household income
$72,469
Median home value
$110,200
Jobs located here
2,835
Daytime population
8,426Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Stephens County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the grocery and convenience stores on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Stephens County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Grocery and convenience stores across Texas

Every Texas market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Texas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with Stephens 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
Stephens County, TXNot scored1541.4$1.3M+3.1%

Other business types in Stephens 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 Stephens County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 grocery and convenience stores in Stephens County. 8 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $19.9M a year, or $5,500 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,623 households in Stephens County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Stephens County has 41.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.3M, 61% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Stephens County would have about 6, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 906 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Stephens County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Stephens County at 9,380 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,623 households. The median household income in Stephens County is $58,008 a year, 28% 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?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Stephens County. It maps the grocery and convenience stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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

Screening a site or an acquisition in Stephens County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Stephens County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.