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Grocery stores in Carlisle County, KY

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10.6M
On groceries · $5,692 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
4,747
−1.2% 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

At $5,692 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Carlisle County spend about $10.6M a year on groceries. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no grocery stores in Carlisle County. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Carlisle County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Carlisle County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Carlisle County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Carlisle 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.

Grocery stores in Carlisle County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureCarlisle CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.07.66.8
Spending per listingn/a$7.5M$9.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a2,5172,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.7%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,692$5,746$6,319
Median household income$62,439$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored31

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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Carlisle 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 Carlisle County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,747−1.2% since 2020
Households
1,865
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
190 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$62,439
Average household income
$82,182
Median home value
$120,400
Jobs located here
997
Daytime population
3,717Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY9473.0$23.3M+4.9%#20 of 2,070
2Scott County, KY9262.6$23.8M+8.2%#32 of 2,070
3Madison County, KY8651.3$42.6M+9.4%#89 of 2,070
4Jessamine County, KY80115.5$10.9M+7.8%#202 of 2,070
5Campbell County, KY79112.8$22M+2.5%#206 of 2,070
6Shelby County, KY78105.4$11.4M+6.2%#235 of 2,070
7Bullitt County, KY77206.3$9.8M+5.0%#260 of 2,070
8Woodford County, KY7654.6$13.5M+3.7%#266 of 2,070
9Kenton County, KY74416.1$10.2M+3.9%#330 of 2,070
10Nelson County, KY71126.3$9.3M+4.8%#394 of 2,070
Carlisle County, KYNot scored00.0n/a−1.2%

Other business types in Carlisle County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Carlisle County, KY?

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

How much do households in Carlisle County, KY spend on groceries?

About $10.6M a year, or $5,692 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,865 households in Carlisle County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Carlisle County, KY compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Carlisle County has no grocery stores on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Carlisle County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Carlisle County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Carlisle County at 4,747 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,865 households. The median household income in Carlisle County is $62,439 a year, 23% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery stores · All 56 business types in Carlisle County

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