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Grocery stores in Harding County, NM

How Harding County, NM 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
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.6M
On groceries · $5,445 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
35.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
617
−5.4% 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

Households in Harding County spend about $1.6M a year on groceries, or $5,445 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

There is 1 grocery store on map listings in Harding County as of September 2026. That is 35.0 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Harding County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Harding County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.4%, 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 Harding 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.

Grocery stores in Harding County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureHarding CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households35.04.56.8
Spending per listing$1.6M$12.7M$9.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a3,4042,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.2%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.4%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,445$5,673$6,319
Median household income$48,553$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored61

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
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
0The 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 Harding 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 Harding County

Population, 2025 estimate
617−5.4% since 2020
Households
286
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
2,126 sq. mi.
People per square mile
0
Median household income
$48,553
Average household income
$173,085
Median home value
$70,000
Jobs located here
167
Daytime population
621Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for grocery stores, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Harding County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM91111.9$32M+6.9%#41 of 2,070
2Valencia County, NM8172.5$21.7M+7.2%#160 of 2,070
3Eddy County, NM7783.4$17.5M+0.3%#238 of 2,070
4Doña Ana County, NM71364.2$12.8M+4.1%#370 of 2,070
5Los Alamos County, NM7156.1$12.2M0.0%#376 of 2,070
6Santa Fe County, NM69375.2$11.6M+1.2%#433 of 2,070
7Bernalillo County, NM681123.9$14.8M−1.4%#448 of 2,070
8Rio Arriba County, NM6063.8$14.3M−1.0%#666 of 2,070
9Lea County, NM58135.3$10.9M+0.2%#741 of 2,070
10Otero County, NM57156.1$8.9M+3.7%#780 of 2,070
Harding County, NMNot scored135.0$1.6M−5.4%

Other business types in Harding 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 Harding County, NM?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 grocery store in Harding County. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Harding County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Harding County, NM spend on groceries?

About $1.6M a year, or $5,445 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 grocery store on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 286 households in Harding County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Harding County, NM compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Harding County has 1 grocery store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate.

How fast is Harding County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Harding County at 617 people in 2025, down 5.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 286 households. The median household income in Harding County is $48,553 a year, 40% 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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How the score works · Top markets for grocery stores · All 56 business types in Harding County

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