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Grocery stores in Swift County, MN

How Swift County, MN 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
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$23.7M
On groceries · $5,753 a household
Spending per listing
$5.9M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.7
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,763
−0.4% 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 4 grocery stores in Swift County. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.7, 43% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

At $5,753 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Swift County spend about $23.7M a year on groceries. Spread across 4 grocery stores, that is $5.9M per store, 36% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Swift County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 1,374 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Swift County declined 0.4%, 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 Swift County compares

The same measures for Minnesota 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 Swift County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureSwift CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.75.96.8
Spending per listing$5.9M$10.8M$9.3M
Households per official establishment1,3742,3132,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.6%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,753$6,414$6,319
Median household income$60,412$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored64

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
75
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
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 Swift 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 Swift County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,763−0.4% since 2020
Households
4,121
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
742 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$60,412
Average household income
$84,064
Median home value
$161,400
Jobs located here
3,749
Daytime population
9,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Minnesota

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

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chisago County, MN9162.8$23.4M+4.3%#42 of 2,070
2Washington County, MN91333.1$22.4M+6.9%#43 of 2,070
3Wright County, MN91275.0$13.5M+11.1%#49 of 2,070
4Sherburne County, MN9072.0$34.1M+6.8%#50 of 2,070
5Scott County, MN89203.6$19.5M+5.1%#58 of 2,070
6Isanti County, MN8874.3$14.5M+7.3%#72 of 2,070
7Anoka County, MN85594.3$15.5M+4.7%#109 of 2,070
8Carver County, MN84215.1$14.1M+6.6%#120 of 2,070
9Dakota County, MN83704.0$16.9M+3.9%#130 of 2,070
10Clay County, MN83124.5$13.4M+3.6%#136 of 2,070
Swift County, MNNot scored49.7$5.9M−0.4%

Other business types in Swift 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 Swift County, MN?

There are 4 grocery stores on map listings in Swift County as of September 2026. 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 Swift County, MN spend on groceries?

About $23.7M a year, or $5,753 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.9M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,121 households in Swift County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Swift County, MN compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Swift County has 9.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.9M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Swift County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,374 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Swift County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Swift County at 9,763 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,121 households. Median household income in Swift County is $60,412, 25% 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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