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Grocery stores in Lawrence County, IL

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
2 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$31.1M
On groceries · $5,677 a household
Spending per listing
$15.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
13,790
−9.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 grocery stores in Lawrence County. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households.

At $5,677 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Lawrence County spend about $31.1M a year on groceries. That is about $15.5M of household spending for each store on map listings. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Lawrence County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Lawrence County from 2020 to 2025 at −9.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 grocery stores on map listings, Lawrence County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lawrence County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Lawrence County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureLawrence CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.76.16.8
Spending per listing$15.5M$10.4M$9.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,9032,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.4%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−9.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,677$6,290$6,319
Median household income$55,324$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

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
22 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
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Lawrence 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 Lawrence County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,790−9.7% since 2020
Households
5,472
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
372 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$55,324+18.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,188
Median home value
$99,100
Jobs located here
3,717
Daytime population
12,725Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Illinois

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

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kendall County, IL92153.3$20.8M+9.9%#34 of 2,070
2Grundy County, IL8394.4$14.8M+2.9%#133 of 2,070
3Monroe County, IL7953.6$18.5M−0.3%#208 of 2,070
4Boone County, IL7773.6$17.5M+0.4%#239 of 2,070
5McHenry County, IL76484.1$16.5M+2.5%#264 of 2,070
6Williamson County, IL7593.1$18.6M+0.2%#285 of 2,070
7Will County, IL741204.9$13.9M+2.2%#310 of 2,070
8Tazewell County, IL71254.6$13.2M−0.9%#369 of 2,070
9DeKalb County, IL68194.8$12.4M+1.5%#452 of 2,070
10Kane County, IL671045.6$12M+1.8%#479 of 2,070
Lawrence County, ILNot scored23.7$15.5M−9.7%

Other business types in Lawrence County

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Lawrence County, IL?

There are 2 grocery stores on map listings in Lawrence County as of September 2026. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Lawrence County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Lawrence County, IL spend on groceries?

About $31.1M a year, or $5,677 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $15.5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,472 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lawrence County, IL compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Lawrence County has 2 grocery stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Lawrence County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Lawrence County at 13,790 people in 2025, down 9.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,472 households. Median household income in Lawrence County is $55,324, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.6%, 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. Lawrence County has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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