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Grocery stores in Caldwell County, KY
The grocery stores in Caldwell County, KY, 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.7M
- On groceries · $5,516 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.9M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,609
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Caldwell County comes to about $27.7M a year: $5,516 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 4 grocery stores on map listings in Caldwell County as of September 2026. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Caldwell County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 1,675 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Caldwell County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 grocery stores on map listings, Caldwell County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Caldwell County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Caldwell County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 7.6 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $6.9M | $7.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,675 | 2,517 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.7% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,516 | $5,746 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $59,583 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $981K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- 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 Caldwell 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 Caldwell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,609−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,025
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 345 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $59,583+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,080
- Median home value
- $118,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,936
- Daytime population
- 12,242Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 94 | 7 | 3.0 | $23.3M | +4.9% | #20 of 2,070 |
| 2Scott County, KY | 92 | 6 | 2.6 | $23.8M | +8.2% | #32 of 2,070 |
| 3Madison County, KY | 86 | 5 | 1.3 | $42.6M | +9.4% | #89 of 2,070 |
| 4Jessamine County, KY | 80 | 11 | 5.5 | $10.9M | +7.8% | #202 of 2,070 |
| 5Campbell County, KY | 79 | 11 | 2.8 | $22M | +2.5% | #206 of 2,070 |
| 6Shelby County, KY | 78 | 10 | 5.4 | $11.4M | +6.2% | #235 of 2,070 |
| 7Bullitt County, KY | 77 | 20 | 6.3 | $9.8M | +5.0% | #260 of 2,070 |
| 8Woodford County, KY | 76 | 5 | 4.6 | $13.5M | +3.7% | #266 of 2,070 |
| 9Kenton County, KY | 74 | 41 | 6.1 | $10.2M | +3.9% | #330 of 2,070 |
| 10Nelson County, KY | 71 | 12 | 6.3 | $9.3M | +4.8% | #394 of 2,070 |
| Caldwell County, KY | Not scored | 4 | 8.0 | $6.9M | −0.3% |
Other business types in Caldwell County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores48
- 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 Caldwell County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 grocery stores in Caldwell County. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Caldwell County, KY spend on groceries?
About $27.7M a year, or $5,516 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $6.9M 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 5,025 households in Caldwell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Caldwell County, KY compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Caldwell County has 8.0 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $6.9M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Caldwell County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,675 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Caldwell County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Caldwell County at 12,609 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,025 households. The median household income in Caldwell County is $59,583 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.1% 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. Caldwell County has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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