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Grocery stores in Lyon County, NV
The grocery stores in Lyon County, NV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #343 of 2,070 scored counties
#5 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $142.1M
- On groceries · $5,986 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.2M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,088
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Lyon County comes to about $142.1M a year: $5,986 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 grocery stores, that is $10.2M per store, 9% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 14 grocery stores on map listings in Lyon County as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That is 5.9 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Lyon County in 2023. That is one for every 2,968 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lyon County grew 9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, Lyon County has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #343 of 2,070 scored counties and #5 of 9 scored counties in Nevada. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lyon County compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Lyon County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $10.2M | $13.4M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,968 | 3,322 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.4% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,986 | $6,037 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $80,812 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 81 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 367
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Lyon 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 Lyon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,088+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 23,745
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 2,003 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $80,812+42.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,025
- Median home value
- $366,100
- Jobs located here
- 13,009
- Daytime population
- 46,726Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nye County, NV | 84 | 6 | 2.7 | $20.7M | +10.3% | #115 of 2,070 |
| 2Douglas County, NV | 83 | 6 | 2.8 | $22.6M | +1.2% | #128 of 2,070 |
| 3Clark County, NV | 82 | 371 | 4.3 | $13.9M | +5.8% | #153 of 2,070 |
| 4Washoe County, NV | 82 | 91 | 4.6 | $13.7M | +4.4% | #155 of 2,070 |
| 5Lyon County, NV | 73 | 14 | 5.9 | $10.2M | +9.5% | #343 of 2,070 |
| 6Carson City, NV | 64 | 11 | 4.6 | $12.7M | −0.2% | #561 of 2,070 |
| 7Elko County, NV | 61 | 8 | 4.1 | $14.9M | +2.1% | #637 of 2,070 |
| 8Churchill County, NV | 44 | 8 | 8.4 | $7.1M | +1.1% | #1,231 of 2,070 |
| 9Humboldt County, NV | 36 | 6 | 8.7 | $6.8M | 0.0% | #1,479 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Lyon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores70
- Grocery stores73
- Convenience stores65
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 Lyon County, NV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 grocery stores in Lyon County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Lyon County, NV spend on groceries?
About $142.1M a year, or $5,986 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10.2M 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 23,745 households in Lyon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lyon County, NV compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Lyon County has 5.9 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10.2M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Lyon County would have about 15, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,968 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Lyon County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Lyon County at 65,088 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,745 households. The median household income in Lyon County is $80,812 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.1% 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. Lyon County scores 73 for grocery stores (upper middle), #343 of 2,070 scored counties.
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