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Grocery and convenience stores in Klickitat County, WA

How Klickitat County, WA compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,375 of 2,402 scored counties
#25 of 35 scored counties in Washington

Listings
28
4 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$58.2M
On groceries · $5,891 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
28.4
52% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,331
+6.6% 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 28 grocery and convenience stores in Klickitat County. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 28.4 for every 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Klickitat County comes to about $58.2M a year: $5,891 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 28 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.1M per store, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Klickitat County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 1,234 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Klickitat County grew 6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Klickitat County scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,375 of 2,402 scored counties and #25 of 35 scored counties in Washington.

How Klickitat County compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Klickitat County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureKlickitat CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households28.416.918.7
Spending per listing$2.1M$3.9M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,2341,3531,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.2%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.6%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,891$6,520$6,319
Median household income$71,042$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score4667

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 8
Employees, 2023
172
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
284 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Klickitat 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 Klickitat County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,331+6.6% since 2020
Households
9,872
Median age
46.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,872 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$71,042+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,802
Median home value
$425,300
Jobs located here
7,282
Daytime population
21,778Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Washington

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The highest-scoring counties in Washington for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Washington, with Klickitat County marked.

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Clark County, WA8125012.8$5.1M+5.3%#158 of 2,402
2Kitsap County, WA7913812.7$5.2M+2.7%#192 of 2,402
3Thurston County, WA7716313.7$4.6M+2.8%#239 of 2,402
4Snohomish County, WA7646814.8$4.6M+4.9%#262 of 2,402
5King County, WA751,54616.4$4.3M+3.1%#291 of 2,402
6Benton County, WA7513917.8$3.5M+6.9%#299 of 2,402
7Pierce County, WA7344812.8$5.1M+2.5%#342 of 2,402
8Spokane County, WA7330714.1$4.3M+3.2%#349 of 2,402
9Asotin County, WA711111.6$5.1M+1.0%#404 of 2,402
10Douglas County, WA712515.7$3.9M+8.0%#411 of 2,402
25Klickitat County, WA462828.4$2.1M+6.6%#1,375 of 2,402

Other business types in Klickitat County

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Klickitat County, WA?

Klickitat County has 28 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Klickitat County, WA spend on groceries?

About $58.2M a year, or $5,891 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,872 households in Klickitat County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Klickitat County has 28.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.1M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Klickitat County would have about 17, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,234 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Klickitat County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Klickitat County at 24,331 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,872 households. Median household income in Klickitat County is $71,042, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Klickitat County scores 46 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,375 of 2,402 scored counties.

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