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Grocery and convenience stores in Upton County, TX

The grocery and convenience stores in Upton 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
10
8 chain locations (80%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.3M
On groceries · $5,360 a household
Spending per listing
$729K
78% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
73.5
3.9 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
3,131
−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

Households in Upton County spend about $7.3M a year on groceries, or $5,360 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 grocery and convenience stores, that is $729K per store, 78% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There are 10 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Upton County as of September 2026. 8 of them (80%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 73.5 for every 10,000 households, 3.9 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Upton County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 453 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Upton County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.1%, 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 Upton 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 Upton County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureUpton CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households73.520.018.7
Spending per listing$729K$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment4531,4271,293
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$5,360$6,186$6,319
Median household income$49,167$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$432K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
108 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 Upton 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 Upton County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,131−5.1% since 2020
Households
1,360
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,241 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$49,167
Average household income
$70,547
Median home value
$109,000
Jobs located here
3,102
Daytime population
5,050Residents 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 Upton 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
Upton County, TXNot scored1073.5$729K−5.1%

Other business types in Upton 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 Upton County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 grocery and convenience stores in Upton County. 8 of them (80%) 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 Upton County, TX spend on groceries?

About $7.3M a year, or $5,360 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $729K per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,360 households in Upton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Upton County has 73.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 3.9 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $729K, 78% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Upton County would have about 2, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 453 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Upton County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Upton County at 3,131 people in 2025, down 5.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,360 households. The median household income in Upton County is $49,167 a year, 39% 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 Upton County

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