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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Indiana

Grocery stores in the Crawfordsville, IN area

The grocery stores in the Crawfordsville, IN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #108 of 506 scored small-town markets
#10 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Indiana

Listings
11
5 chain locations (45%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$91.7M
On groceries · $5,876 a household
Spending per listing
$8.3M
10% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.1
4% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,954
+2.7% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 grocery stores in the Crawfordsville area. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 7.1 for every 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Households in the Crawfordsville area spend about $91.7M a year on groceries, or $5,876 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 10% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Crawfordsville area classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 3,120 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Crawfordsville area grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, the Crawfordsville area has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #108 of 506 scored small-town markets and #10 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Crawfordsville area compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Crawfordsville, IN area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureCrawfordsville areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.15.26.8
Spending per listing$8.3M$11.5M$9.3M
Households per official establishment3,1202,8472,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.4%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,876$5,959$6,319
Median household income$71,479$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score6669

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
144
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
115 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 the Crawfordsville 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 Crawfordsville area

Population, 2025 estimate
38,954+2.7% since 2020
Households
15,602
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
505 sq. mi.
People per square mile
76
Median household income
$71,479+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,874
Median home value
$171,800
Jobs located here
14,890
Daytime population
36,070Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Indiana

Every Indiana market ranked →

The highest-scoring small-town markets in Indiana for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Indiana, with the Crawfordsville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Indiana

Small-town markets in Indiana ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Greencastle, IN8753.5$16.8M+3.2%#10 of 506
2Auburn, IN8474.1$14.4M+2.9%#17 of 506
3Huntington, IN8174.5$12.7M+1.6%#23 of 506
4Decatur, IN7564.8$11.9M+2.2%#44 of 506
5Warsaw, IN73185.6$10.6M+0.9%#55 of 506
6New Castle, IN7273.8$15M+0.5%#57 of 506
7Wabash, IN7153.9$14.6M−0.7%#63 of 506
8Angola, IN67107.1$8.4M+1.0%#95 of 506
9Kendallville, IN6695.0$11.9M+1.0%#100 of 506
10Crawfordsville, IN66117.1$8.3M+2.7%#108 of 506

Other business types in the Crawfordsville area

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in the Crawfordsville, IN area?

The Crawfordsville area has 11 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (45%) 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 the Crawfordsville, IN area spend on groceries?

About $91.7M a year, or $5,876 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $8.3M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,602 households in the Crawfordsville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Crawfordsville, IN area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

The Crawfordsville area has 7.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $8.3M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Crawfordsville area would have about 10, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,120 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is the Crawfordsville, IN area growing?

Population estimates put the Crawfordsville area at 38,954 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,602 households. Median household income in the Crawfordsville area is $71,479, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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. 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 Crawfordsville area scores 66 for grocery stores (upper middle), #108 of 506 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery stores · All 56 business types in the Crawfordsville area

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