Groceries and convenience · County · New Mexico
Grocery stores in Chaves County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Chaves County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,102 of 2,070 scored counties
#13 of 18 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 11
- 4 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $126M
- On groceries · $5,316 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.5M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 63,364
- −2.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,316 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Chaves County spend about $126M a year on groceries. That is about $11.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 23% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Chaves County has 11 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 36%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Chaves County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 2,635 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Chaves County declined 2.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery stores, Chaves County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,102 of 2,070 scored counties and #13 of 18 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Chaves 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 | Chaves County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $11.5M | $12.7M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,635 | 3,404 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.2% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.7% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,316 | $5,673 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $52,938 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 656
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 114 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Chaves 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 Chaves County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 63,364−2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 23,712
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 6,067 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $52,938+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,868
- Median home value
- $156,400
- Jobs located here
- 22,009
- Daytime population
- 60,817Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 13Chaves County, NM | 47 | 11 | 4.6 | $11.5M | −2.7% | #1,102 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Chaves County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores35
- Grocery stores47
- Convenience stores14
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 Chaves County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 grocery stores in Chaves County. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Chaves County, NM spend on groceries?
About $126M a year, or $5,316 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $11.5M 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 23,712 households in Chaves County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chaves County, NM compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Chaves County has 4.6 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $11.5M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Chaves County would have about 14, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,635 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Chaves County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Chaves County at 63,364 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,712 households. The median household income in Chaves County is $52,938 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.1% 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. Chaves County scores 47 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,102 of 2,070 scored counties.
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