Groceries and convenience · County · New Mexico
Grocery stores in Catron County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Catron County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On groceries · $5,051 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 3,827
- +6.1% since 2020
See the grocery stores around any address in Catron County
The site report maps the grocery stores on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Catron County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
At $5,051 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Catron County spend about $9M a year on groceries. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 2 grocery stores on map listings in Catron County as of September 2026. That is 11.2 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Catron County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Catron County grew 6.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Catron County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Catron County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.2 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $12.7M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,404 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.1% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,051 | $5,673 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $49,864 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 61 |
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
- 20 chain locations
- 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 Catron 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 Catron County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,827+6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,789
- Median age
- 60.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 94%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 6,924 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $49,864
- Average household income
- $58,483
- Median home value
- $167,000
- Jobs located here
- 648
- Daytime population
- 3,556Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Catron County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the grocery stores on map listings by name and distance.
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for grocery stores, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Catron County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 91 | 11 | 1.9 | $32M | +6.9% | #41 of 2,070 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 81 | 7 | 2.5 | $21.7M | +7.2% | #160 of 2,070 |
| 3Eddy County, NM | 77 | 8 | 3.4 | $17.5M | +0.3% | #238 of 2,070 |
| 4Doña Ana County, NM | 71 | 36 | 4.2 | $12.8M | +4.1% | #370 of 2,070 |
| 5Los Alamos County, NM | 71 | 5 | 6.1 | $12.2M | 0.0% | #376 of 2,070 |
| 6Santa Fe County, NM | 69 | 37 | 5.2 | $11.6M | +1.2% | #433 of 2,070 |
| 7Bernalillo County, NM | 68 | 112 | 3.9 | $14.8M | −1.4% | #448 of 2,070 |
| 8Rio Arriba County, NM | 60 | 6 | 3.8 | $14.3M | −1.0% | #666 of 2,070 |
| 9Lea County, NM | 58 | 13 | 5.3 | $10.9M | +0.2% | #741 of 2,070 |
| 10Otero County, NM | 57 | 15 | 6.1 | $8.9M | +3.7% | #780 of 2,070 |
| Catron County, NM | Not scored | 2 | 11.2 | $4.5M | +6.1% |
Other business types in Catron County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- 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 Catron County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 grocery stores in Catron County. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Catron County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Catron County, NM spend on groceries?
About $9M a year, or $5,051 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 1,789 households in Catron County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Catron County, NM compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Catron County has 2 grocery stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Catron County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Catron County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Catron County at 3,827 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,789 households. The median household income in Catron County is $49,864 a year, 38% 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Catron County. It maps the grocery stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for grocery stores · All 56 business types in Catron County
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