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Grocery and convenience stores in Carbon County, WY
How Carbon County, WY 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,852 of 2,402 scored counties
#14 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming
- Listings
- 14
- 8 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.8M
- On groceries · $5,847 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.9
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,013
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Carbon County is 33 (lower middle), #1,852 of 2,402 scored counties and #14 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 grocery and convenience stores in Carbon County. Chain locations make up 57% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.9, 22% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Carbon County comes to about $35.8M a year: $5,847 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.6M per store, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Carbon County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,019 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Carbon County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Carbon County compares
The same measures for Wyoming 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 | Carbon County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.9 | 22.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,019 | 2,062 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,847 | $5,944 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $70,511 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 131
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 148 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,013−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 6,116
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 7,898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $70,511+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,259
- Median home value
- $222,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,074
- Daytime population
- 14,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laramie County, WY | 80 | 64 | 14.8 | $4.1M | +2.2% | #183 of 2,402 |
| 2Albany County, WY | 79 | 20 | 11.7 | $4.8M | +3.9% | #197 of 2,402 |
| 3Natrona County, WY | 73 | 52 | 15.3 | $3.8M | +0.3% | #356 of 2,402 |
| 4Campbell County, WY | 69 | 41 | 22.8 | $2.7M | +2.1% | #484 of 2,402 |
| 5Park County, WY | 55 | 33 | 24.8 | $2.4M | +5.1% | #999 of 2,402 |
| 6Lincoln County, WY | 55 | 23 | 27.6 | $2.3M | +7.8% | #1,002 of 2,402 |
| 7Sheridan County, WY | 54 | 33 | 23.8 | $2.4M | +7.2% | #1,046 of 2,402 |
| 8Sweetwater County, WY | 53 | 41 | 23.4 | $2.5M | −2.2% | #1,088 of 2,402 |
| 9Converse County, WY | 50 | 11 | 19.1 | $3.1M | +0.6% | #1,200 of 2,402 |
| 10Uinta County, WY | 46 | 20 | 25.9 | $2.3M | +1.3% | #1,368 of 2,402 |
| 14Carbon County, WY | 33 | 14 | 22.9 | $2.6M | −3.4% | #1,852 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Carbon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores33
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores31
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 Carbon County, WY?
Carbon County has 14 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 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 Carbon County, WY spend on groceries?
About $35.8M a year, or $5,847 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,116 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, WY compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Carbon County has 22.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.6M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Carbon County would have about 11, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,019 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Carbon County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 14,013 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,116 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $70,511, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.2%, 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. Carbon County scores 33 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,852 of 2,402 scored counties.
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