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Grocery and convenience stores in Walker County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #874 of 2,402 scored counties
#53 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
48
23 chain locations (48%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$139.7M
On groceries · $5,369 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
14% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.4
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
83,842
+9.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 48 grocery and convenience stores in Walker County. Of those, 23 are chain locations, or 48%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 18.4 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Households in Walker County spend about $139.7M a year on groceries, or $5,369 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Walker County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,858 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Walker County.

Population estimates show Walker County grew 9.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Walker County is 58 (upper middle), #874 of 2,402 scored counties and #53 of 162 scored counties in Texas.

How Walker 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 Walker County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWalker CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.420.018.7
Spending per listing$2.9M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,8581,4271,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.5%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,369$6,186$6,319
Median household income$52,324$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5856

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 14
Employees, 2023
807
Annual payroll, 2023
$22.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4823 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Walker 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 Walker County

Population, 2025 estimate
83,842+9.5% since 2020
Households
26,017
Median age
37.3
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
784 sq. mi.
People per square mile
102
Median household income
$52,324+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,597
Median home value
$226,900
Jobs located here
29,004
Daytime population
84,038Residents 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 Walker 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
53Walker County, TX584818.4$2.9M+9.5%#874 of 2,402

Other business types in Walker County

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

Questions

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

Walker County has 48 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 23 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $139.7M a year, or $5,369 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,017 households in Walker County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Walker County has 18.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Walker County would have about 41, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,858 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Walker County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Walker County at 83,842 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,017 households. Median household income in Walker County is $52,324, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.6%, 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. Walker County scores 58 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #874 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 Walker County

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