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Grocery stores in Liberty County, GA

How Liberty County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #600 of 2,070 scored counties
#32 of 96 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
16
6 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$133.6M
On groceries · $5,567 a household
Spending per listing
$8.4M
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.7
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
70,313
+7.6% 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

Households in Liberty County spend about $133.6M a year on groceries, or $5,567 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Liberty County has 16 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 38%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 6.7 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Liberty County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 4,000 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Liberty County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Liberty County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #600 of 2,070 scored counties and #32 of 96 scored counties in Georgia.

How Liberty County compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Liberty County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureLiberty CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.76.46.8
Spending per listing$8.4M$9.5M$9.3M
Households per official establishment4,0002,3032,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.3%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,567$6,137$6,319
Median household income$60,456$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score6359

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 6
Employees, 2023
457
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
166 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Liberty 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 Liberty County

Population, 2025 estimate
70,313+7.6% since 2020
Households
23,998
Median age
30.7
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
517 sq. mi.
People per square mile
130
Median household income
$60,456+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,082
Median home value
$201,500
Jobs located here
15,728
Daytime population
61,774Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Georgia

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

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Paulding County, GA95172.8$23.2M+12.7%#10 of 2,070
2Effingham County, GA9483.3$19.3M+14.1%#22 of 2,070
3Walton County, GA84143.9$15.8M+16.0%#117 of 2,070
4Cherokee County, GA84464.5$15M+11.6%#118 of 2,070
5Henry County, GA84374.3$14.7M+9.5%#119 of 2,070
6Harris County, GA8486.1$10.7M+6.8%#127 of 2,070
7Columbia County, GA83244.4$15.1M+7.9%#131 of 2,070
8Fayette County, GA82184.0$17.1M+4.7%#147 of 2,070
9Forsyth County, GA82455.1$14.8M+11.8%#151 of 2,070
10Jackson County, GA81196.7$9.6M+29.3%#180 of 2,070
32Liberty County, GA63166.7$8.4M+7.6%#600 of 2,070

Other business types in Liberty County

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Liberty County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 grocery stores in Liberty County. 6 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in Liberty County, GA spend on groceries?

About $133.6M a year, or $5,567 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $8.4M 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 23,998 households in Liberty County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Liberty County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Liberty County has 6.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $8.4M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Liberty County would have about 14, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,000 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Liberty County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Liberty County at 70,313 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,998 households. The median household income in Liberty County is $60,456 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% 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. Liberty County scores 63 for grocery stores (upper middle), #600 of 2,070 scored counties.

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 Liberty County

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