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Grocery and convenience stores in Gilmer County, WV
How Gilmer County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 12
- 3 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.5M
- On groceries · $5,109 a household
- Spending per listing
- $960K
- 72% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 53.2
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,085
- −4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 grocery and convenience stores in Gilmer County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 25%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 53.2, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Gilmer County spend about $11.5M a year on groceries, or $5,109 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $960K of household spending for each store on map listings, 72% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Gilmer County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Gilmer County declined 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, 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 Gilmer County compares
The same measures for West Virginia 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 | Gilmer County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 53.2 | 20.8 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $960K | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,888 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.2% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,109 | $5,613 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $47,981 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Gilmer 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 Gilmer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,085−4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 2,254
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 339 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $47,981
- Average household income
- $59,427
- Median home value
- $83,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,719
- Daytime population
- 6,637Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 80 | 82 | 16.1 | $3.8M | +13.7% | #185 of 2,402 |
| 2Monongalia County, WV | 72 | 76 | 17.0 | $3.5M | +2.0% | #393 of 2,402 |
| 3Jefferson County, WV | 71 | 47 | 20.6 | $3.2M | +9.2% | #422 of 2,402 |
| 4Morgan County, WV | 70 | 12 | 16.3 | $3.6M | +5.5% | #441 of 2,402 |
| 5Putnam County, WV | 68 | 42 | 18.1 | $3.4M | −1.0% | #503 of 2,402 |
| 6Mason County, WV | 58 | 14 | 13.7 | $3.9M | −2.7% | #856 of 2,402 |
| 7Barbour County, WV | 54 | 9 | 14.6 | $3.6M | −0.3% | #1,011 of 2,402 |
| 8Hampshire County, WV | 54 | 19 | 22.0 | $2.6M | +4.4% | #1,042 of 2,402 |
| 9Wood County, WV | 53 | 69 | 19.3 | $2.9M | −2.1% | #1,074 of 2,402 |
| 10Cabell County, WV | 52 | 64 | 16.3 | $3.4M | −3.2% | #1,107 of 2,402 |
| Gilmer County, WV | Not scored | 12 | 53.2 | $960K | −4.2% |
Other business types in Gilmer County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Gilmer County, WV?
There are 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Gilmer County as of September 2026. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Gilmer County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Gilmer County, WV spend on groceries?
About $11.5M a year, or $5,109 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $960K per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,254 households in Gilmer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gilmer County, WV compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Gilmer County has 53.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $960K, 72% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Gilmer County would have about 3, against 12 on map listings.
How fast is Gilmer County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Gilmer County at 7,085 people in 2025, down 4.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,254 households. Median household income in Gilmer County is $47,981, 41% 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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