Groceries and convenience · County · North Carolina
Grocery stores in Camden County, NC
How Camden County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $25.2M
- On groceries · $6,294 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 11,315
- +8.8% since 2020
See the grocery stores around any address in Camden County
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What this means
Households in Camden County spend about $25.2M a year on groceries, or $6,294 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $12.6M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Camden County has 2 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. That is 5.0 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Camden County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Camden County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 grocery stores on map listings, Camden County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Camden County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Camden County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 7.4 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $12.6M | $8.1M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,134 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.8% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,294 | $6,016 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $91,078 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 43 |
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
- 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 Camden 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 Camden County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,315+8.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,011
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 240 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $91,078+41.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,163
- Median home value
- $337,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,091
- Daytime population
- 7,466Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Camden 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 North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for grocery stores, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Camden County marked.
Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hoke County, NC | 81 | 5 | 2.6 | $22.1M | +9.0% | #159 of 2,070 |
| 2Lincoln County, NC | 79 | 21 | 5.7 | $10.9M | +13.2% | #225 of 2,070 |
| 3Davie County, NC | 77 | 10 | 5.8 | $10.6M | +6.9% | #258 of 2,070 |
| 4Brunswick County, NC | 76 | 39 | 5.6 | $10.8M | +26.5% | #278 of 2,070 |
| 5Durham County, NC | 75 | 86 | 6.1 | $10.4M | +7.7% | #304 of 2,070 |
| 6Cabarrus County, NC | 74 | 49 | 5.8 | $11M | +9.9% | #321 of 2,070 |
| 7Rowan County, NC | 71 | 31 | 5.3 | $11M | +5.6% | #388 of 2,070 |
| 8Wake County, NC | 70 | 305 | 6.6 | $10.3M | +11.2% | #412 of 2,070 |
| 9Union County, NC | 70 | 60 | 7.1 | $9.5M | +11.7% | #420 of 2,070 |
| 10Chatham County, NC | 69 | 23 | 7.0 | $9.5M | +11.0% | #444 of 2,070 |
| Camden County, NC | Not scored | 2 | 5.0 | $12.6M | +8.8% |
Other business types in Camden County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores87
- 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 Camden County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 grocery stores in Camden County. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Camden County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Camden County, NC spend on groceries?
About $25.2M a year, or $6,294 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $12.6M 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 4,011 households in Camden County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Camden County, NC compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Camden 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, Camden County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Camden County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Camden County at 11,315 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,011 households. The median household income in Camden County is $91,078 a year, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 41.1% 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. Camden County has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Camden 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.
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