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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Kentucky

Grocery stores in the Danville, KY area

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #77 of 506 scored small-town markets
#4 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky

Listings
11
1 chain location (9%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$119.7M
On groceries · $5,503 a household
Spending per listing
$10.9M
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
56,985
+3.6% 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

Household spending on groceries in the Danville area comes to about $119.7M a year: $5,503 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $10.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 17% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

There are 11 grocery stores on map listings in the Danville area as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.1, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Danville area classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 3,107 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Danville area grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, the Danville area has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #77 of 506 scored small-town markets and #4 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Danville area 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 Danville, KY area compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureDanville areaKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.17.66.8
Spending per listing$10.9M$7.5M$9.3M
Households per official establishment3,1072,5172,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.7%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,503$5,746$6,319
Median household income$56,921$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score6931

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
206
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
111 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Danville 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 Danville area

Population, 2025 estimate
56,985+3.6% since 2020
Households
21,750
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
513 sq. mi.
People per square mile
108
Median household income
$56,921+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,884
Median home value
$173,400
Jobs located here
19,031
Daytime population
53,708Residents 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 small-town markets in Kentucky for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Danville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kentucky

Small-town markets in Kentucky ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Frankfort, KY8782.5$23.7M+3.1%#8 of 506
2Richmond-Berea, KY85153.0$18.6M+7.0%#14 of 506
3Campbellsville, KY7274.8$11.4M+3.4%#59 of 506
4Danville, KY69115.1$10.9M+3.6%#77 of 506
5Murray, KY6385.2$10.3M+4.9%#123 of 506
6Madisonville, KY47147.6$7.2M−0.5%#297 of 506
7Mayfield, KY45117.8$6.9M+1.4%#316 of 506
8Somerset, KY402810.7$5M+3.5%#359 of 506
9Mount Sterling, KY39179.4$5.8M+3.1%#364 of 506
10Glasgow, KY342410.9$4.9M+2.6%#405 of 506

Other business types in the Danville area

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in the Danville, KY area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 grocery stores in the Danville area. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Danville, KY area spend on groceries?

About $119.7M a year, or $5,503 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10.9M 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 21,750 households in the Danville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Danville, KY area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

The Danville area has 5.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10.9M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Danville area would have about 13, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,107 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is the Danville, KY area growing?

Population estimates put the Danville area at 56,985 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,750 households. The median household income in the Danville area is $56,921 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.1% 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. 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 Danville area scores 69 for grocery stores (upper middle), #77 of 506 scored small-town markets.

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