Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Georgia
Grocery stores in the Tifton, GA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in the Tifton, GA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #472 of 506 scored small-town markets
#18 of 21 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 26
- 10 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $102.3M
- On groceries · $5,401 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.7
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,237
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Tifton area scores 20 (low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #472 of 506 scored small-town markets and #18 of 21 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $5,401 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Tifton area spend about $102.3M a year on groceries. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 58% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
The Tifton area has 26 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.7, twice the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in the Tifton area classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 1,457 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Tifton area grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Tifton area 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 | Tifton area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.7 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $9.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,457 | 2,303 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.3% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,401 | $6,137 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $49,785 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 560
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2610 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 the Tifton 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 Tifton area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,237+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 18,935
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 546 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $49,785
- Average household income
- $73,300
- Median home value
- $151,300
- Jobs located here
- 23,474
- Daytime population
- 54,798Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Georgia for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Tifton area marked.
Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson, GA | 85 | 19 | 6.7 | $9.6M | +29.3% | #15 of 506 |
| 2Kingsland, GA | 74 | 15 | 6.9 | $8.6M | +9.5% | #53 of 506 |
| 3Cornelia, GA | 73 | 10 | 6.0 | $9.8M | +9.3% | #56 of 506 |
| 4Statesboro, GA | 62 | 23 | 6.6 | $8.4M | +8.0% | #134 of 506 |
| 5Thomaston, GA | 59 | 5 | 4.7 | $11.6M | +2.7% | #163 of 506 |
| 6Toccoa, GA | 54 | 8 | 7.6 | $7.1M | +3.8% | #236 of 506 |
| 7Calhoun, GA | 52 | 16 | 7.5 | $7.7M | +6.9% | #250 of 506 |
| 8LaGrange, GA-AL | 51 | 24 | 5.9 | $9.3M | +3.0% | #257 of 506 |
| 9Waycross, GA | 50 | 15 | 7.3 | $7.3M | +3.0% | #270 of 506 |
| 10Vidalia, GA | 46 | 13 | 9.6 | $5.7M | +1.5% | #311 of 506 |
| 18Tifton, GA | 20 | 26 | 13.7 | $3.9M | +1.7% | #472 of 506 |
Other business types in the Tifton area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores17
- Grocery stores20
- Convenience stores18
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Fitness and classes
Health care
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Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery stores are in the Tifton, GA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 grocery stores in the Tifton area. 10 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Tifton, GA area spend on groceries?
About $102.3M a year, or $5,401 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 18,935 households in the Tifton area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tifton, GA area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Tifton area has 13.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $3.9M, 58% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Tifton area would have about 11, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,457 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Tifton, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Tifton area at 51,237 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,935 households. The median household income in the Tifton area is $49,785 a year, 38% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Tifton area scores 20 for grocery stores (low), #472 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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