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Grocery stores in Costilla County, CO

How Costilla County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery 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
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8M
On groceries · $4,869 a household
Spending per listing
$4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
12.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
3,679
+5.1% 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

Household spending on groceries in Costilla County comes to about $8M a year: $4,869 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Costilla County has 2 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. That is 12.1 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Costilla County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Costilla County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Costilla County compares

The same measures for Colorado and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery 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 stores in Costilla County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureCostilla CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.14.56.8
Spending per listing$4M$14.3M$9.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,0442,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.5%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.1%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$4,869$6,458$6,319
Median household income$36,861$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored86

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
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in Costilla 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 Costilla County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,679+5.1% since 2020
Households
1,651
Median age
52.2
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,228 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$36,861
Average household income
$54,653
Median home value
$184,700
Jobs located here
728
Daytime population
3,153Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Costilla County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Douglas County, CO97453.2$23.2M+10.9%#4 of 2,070
2Broomfield County, CO95103.1$22.4M+6.3%#11 of 2,070
3Weld County, CO92473.8$16.9M+14.2%#36 of 2,070
4Larimer County, CO89654.2$15.1M+4.8%#63 of 2,070
5El Paso County, CO88822.8$22.4M+3.2%#67 of 2,070
6Jefferson County, CO82662.7$24.8M−0.5%#145 of 2,070
7Adams County, CO81764.0$15.9M+6.6%#163 of 2,070
8Denver County, CO801624.8$13.4M+3.2%#191 of 2,070
9Arapahoe County, CO791174.5$14.5M+2.8%#214 of 2,070
10Mesa County, CO75335.0$11.7M+4.4%#296 of 2,070
Costilla County, CONot scored212.1$4M+5.1%

Other business types in Costilla County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Costilla County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 grocery stores in Costilla County. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Costilla County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Costilla County, CO spend on groceries?

About $8M a year, or $4,869 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $4M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,651 households in Costilla County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Costilla County, CO compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Costilla County has 2 grocery stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Costilla County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Costilla County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Costilla County at 3,679 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,651 households. The median household income in Costilla County is $36,861 a year, 54% 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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How the score works · Top markets for grocery stores · All 56 business types in Costilla County

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