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Grocery stores in Oglethorpe County, GA
The grocery stores in Oglethorpe County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $32M
- On groceries · $5,907 a household
- Spending per listing
- $32M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 16,415
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,907 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Oglethorpe County spend about $32M a year on groceries. That is about $32M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Oglethorpe County has 1 grocery store on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Oglethorpe County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.9M has gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Oglethorpe County.
Population estimates show Oglethorpe County grew 10.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 grocery store on map listings, Oglethorpe County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Oglethorpe 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.
| Measure | Oglethorpe County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $32M | $9.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,303 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.3% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,907 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $75,034 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 59 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,415+10.4% since 2020
- Households
- 5,411
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 439 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $75,034+59.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,105
- Median home value
- $231,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,913
- Daytime population
- 9,771Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 95 | 17 | 2.8 | $23.2M | +12.7% | #10 of 2,070 |
| 2Effingham County, GA | 94 | 8 | 3.3 | $19.3M | +14.1% | #22 of 2,070 |
| 3Walton County, GA | 84 | 14 | 3.9 | $15.8M | +16.0% | #117 of 2,070 |
| 4Cherokee County, GA | 84 | 46 | 4.5 | $15M | +11.6% | #118 of 2,070 |
| 5Henry County, GA | 84 | 37 | 4.3 | $14.7M | +9.5% | #119 of 2,070 |
| 6Harris County, GA | 84 | 8 | 6.1 | $10.7M | +6.8% | #127 of 2,070 |
| 7Columbia County, GA | 83 | 24 | 4.4 | $15.1M | +7.9% | #131 of 2,070 |
| 8Fayette County, GA | 82 | 18 | 4.0 | $17.1M | +4.7% | #147 of 2,070 |
| 9Forsyth County, GA | 82 | 45 | 5.1 | $14.8M | +11.8% | #151 of 2,070 |
| 10Jackson County, GA | 81 | 19 | 6.7 | $9.6M | +29.3% | #180 of 2,070 |
| Oglethorpe County, GA | Not scored | 1 | 1.8 | $32M | +10.4% |
Other business types in Oglethorpe County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores70
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 stores are in Oglethorpe County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 grocery store in Oglethorpe County. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Oglethorpe County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Oglethorpe County, GA spend on groceries?
About $32M a year, or $5,907 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 grocery store on map listings, it comes to $32M 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 5,411 households in Oglethorpe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Oglethorpe County, GA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Oglethorpe County has 1 grocery store 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, Oglethorpe County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Oglethorpe County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Oglethorpe County at 16,415 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,411 households. The median household income in Oglethorpe County is $75,034 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 59.2% 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. Oglethorpe County has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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