Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Washington
Grocery and convenience stores in the Othello, WA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the Othello, WA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #452 of 538 scored small-town markets
#9 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 22
- 6 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.8M
- On groceries · $5,695 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 35.0
- 87% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,488
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, the Othello area has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #452 of 538 scored small-town markets and #9 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Othello area spend about $35.8M a year on groceries, or $5,695 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 22 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.6M per store, 52% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Othello area has 22 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 35.0 per 10,000 households, 87% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Othello area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 786 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $508K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Othello area. Population estimates show the Othello area grew 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Othello area 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.
| Measure | Othello area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 35.0 | 16.9 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $3.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 786 | 1,353 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,695 | $6,520 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,136 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 99
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 226 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $508K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Othello area, 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 the Othello area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,488+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,288
- Median age
- 29.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,925 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $66,136+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,806
- Median home value
- $273,300
- Jobs located here
- 8,184
- Daytime population
- 20,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Othello area marked.
Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oak Harbor, WA | 72 | 52 | 14.5 | $4.4M | −1.5% | #53 of 538 |
| 2Port Townsend, WA | 70 | 28 | 17.1 | $3.5M | +2.7% | #76 of 538 |
| 3Shelton, WA | 68 | 58 | 22.3 | $2.7M | +7.8% | #102 of 538 |
| 4Port Angeles, WA | 67 | 58 | 16.5 | $3.5M | +1.1% | #106 of 538 |
| 5Ellensburg, WA | 65 | 39 | 19.5 | $3.1M | +4.2% | #124 of 538 |
| 6Pullman, WA | 59 | 23 | 12.3 | $4.5M | +1.5% | #182 of 538 |
| 7Centralia, WA | 52 | 81 | 24.6 | $2.4M | +6.7% | #270 of 538 |
| 8Moses Lake, WA | 41 | 103 | 29.1 | $2M | +6.3% | #373 of 538 |
| 9Othello, WA | 31 | 22 | 35.0 | $1.6M | +4.3% | #452 of 538 |
| 10Aberdeen, WA | 29 | 94 | 30.7 | $1.8M | +3.0% | #459 of 538 |
Other business types in the Othello area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores31
- Grocery stores31
- Convenience stores49
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 the Othello, WA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 grocery and convenience stores in the Othello area. 6 of them (27%) 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 the Othello, WA area spend on groceries?
About $35.8M a year, or $5,695 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,288 households in the Othello area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Othello, WA area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Othello area has 35.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 87% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.6M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Othello area would have about 11, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 786 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Othello, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Othello area at 21,488 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,288 households. The median household income in the Othello area is $66,136 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Othello area scores 31 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #452 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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