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Grocery stores in Gadsden County, FL

The grocery stores in Gadsden County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,374 of 2,070 scored counties
#49 of 59 scored counties in Florida

Listings
16
5 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$88.7M
On groceries · $5,258 a household
Spending per listing
$5.5M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.5
40% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
44,298
+2.0% 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 Gadsden County comes to about $88.7M a year: $5,258 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 grocery stores, that is $5.5M per store, 40% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

There are 16 grocery stores on map listings in Gadsden County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 9.5 for every 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Gadsden County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 3,374 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Gadsden County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, Gadsden County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,374 of 2,070 scored counties and #49 of 59 scored counties in Florida.

How Gadsden County compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Gadsden County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureGadsden CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.56.56.8
Spending per listing$5.5M$9.4M$9.3M
Households per official establishment3,3742,2732,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.5%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,258$6,077$6,319
Median household income$48,801$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4059

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
193
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
165 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Gadsden 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 Gadsden County

Population, 2025 estimate
44,298+2.0% since 2020
Households
16,872
Median age
43.4
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
516 sq. mi.
People per square mile
85
Median household income
$48,801+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,879
Median home value
$174,900
Jobs located here
16,761
Daytime population
43,252Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Florida

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

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Johns County, FL91564.8$14.3M+25.0%#48 of 2,070
2Santa Rosa County, FL90324.4$14.5M+11.7%#53 of 2,070
3Nassau County, FL89123.1$20.9M+17.4%#57 of 2,070
4Clay County, FL88364.3$14.6M+9.4%#71 of 2,070
5Pasco County, FL86923.9$15.4M+19.1%#100 of 2,070
6Sumter County, FL86294.1$14.6M+21.1%#101 of 2,070
7Lake County, FL85774.7$12.8M+18.1%#112 of 2,070
8Charlotte County, FL83414.5$13M+15.5%#137 of 2,070
9Flagler County, FL82264.9$12.4M+21.0%#157 of 2,070
10Brevard County, FL801295.0$12.3M+9.1%#198 of 2,070
49Gadsden County, FL40169.5$5.5M+2.0%#1,374 of 2,070

Other business types in Gadsden County

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Gadsden County, FL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 16 grocery stores in Gadsden County. 5 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in Gadsden County, FL spend on groceries?

About $88.7M a year, or $5,258 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 16,872 households in Gadsden County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Gadsden County, FL compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Gadsden County has 9.5 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.5M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Gadsden County would have about 10, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,374 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Gadsden County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Gadsden County at 44,298 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,872 households. The median household income in Gadsden County is $48,801 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.9% 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. 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. Gadsden County scores 40 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,374 of 2,070 scored counties.

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