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Grocery and convenience stores in Young County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Young County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,331 of 2,402 scored counties
#84 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 18
- 6 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $44.1M
- On groceries · $5,769 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.6
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,154
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 grocery and convenience stores in Young County. 6 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 23.6 per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Young County spend about $44.1M a year on groceries, or $5,769 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.4M per store, 28% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Young County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,529 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Young County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Young County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,331 of 2,402 scored counties and #84 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Young 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 | Young County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.6 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,529 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,769 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $68,010 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 165
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 186 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Young 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 Young County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,154+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,643
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 915 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $68,010+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,767
- Median home value
- $175,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,560
- Daytime population
- 16,034Residents 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 |
| 84Young County, TX | 47 | 18 | 23.6 | $2.4M | +1.7% | #1,331 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Young County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores47
- Grocery stores44
- Convenience stores41
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 Young County, TX?
There are 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Young County as of September 2026. 6 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Young County, TX spend on groceries?
About $44.1M a year, or $5,769 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,643 households in Young County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Young County, TX compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Young County has 23.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.4M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Young County would have about 13, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,529 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Young County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Young County at 18,154 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,643 households. Median household income in Young County is $68,010, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.3%, 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. Young County scores 47 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,331 of 2,402 scored counties.
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