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Grocery and convenience stores in the Casper, WY metro area

The grocery and convenience stores in the Casper, WY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #92 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Wyoming

Listings
52
33 chain locations (63%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$199.7M
On groceries · $5,893 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.3
18% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
80,526
+0.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 grocery and convenience stores in the Casper metro area. Chain locations make up 63% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 15.3 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in the Casper metro area comes to about $199.7M a year: $5,893 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 52 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.8M per store, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Casper metro area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 4,236 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Casper metro area grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Casper metro area is 65 (upper middle), #92 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Wyoming. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Casper metro area 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Casper, WY metro area compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureCasper metro areaWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.322.218.7
Spending per listing$3.8M$2.7M$3.4M
Households per official establishment4,2362,0621,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,893$5,944$6,319
Median household income$72,156$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market score6538

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
437
Annual payroll, 2023
$16M
One-person businesses, 2023
15Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5233 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
59The 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 the Casper metro 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 Casper metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
80,526+0.3% since 2020
Households
33,886
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
5,341 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$72,156+15.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,678
Median home value
$273,000
Jobs located here
41,461
Daytime population
82,170Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Wyoming

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Wyoming for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with the Casper metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Wyoming

Metro areas in Wyoming ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cheyenne, WY746414.8$4.1M+2.2%#36 of 387
2Casper, WY655215.3$3.8M+0.3%#92 of 387

Other business types in the Casper metro area

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Casper, WY metro area?

There are 52 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Casper metro area as of September 2026. 33 of them (63%) 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 15 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Casper, WY metro area spend on groceries?

About $199.7M a year, or $5,893 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,886 households in the Casper metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Casper, WY metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

The Casper metro area has 15.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.8M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Casper metro area would have about 59, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,236 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is the Casper, WY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Casper metro area at 80,526 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,886 households. Median household income in the Casper metro area is $72,156, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.0%, 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. The Casper metro area scores 65 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #92 of 387 scored metro areas.

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