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Grocery stores in Clinton County, OH

How Clinton County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #892 of 2,070 scored counties
#44 of 82 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
13
6 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$98.3M
On groceries · $5,862 a household
Spending per listing
$7.6M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.8
15% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,301
+0.6% 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

Household spending on groceries in Clinton County comes to about $98.3M a year: $5,862 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Clinton County has 13 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 46%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 7.8 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Clinton County in 2023. That is one for every 3,352 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Clinton County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Clinton County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #892 of 2,070 scored counties and #44 of 82 scored counties in Ohio.

How Clinton County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Clinton County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureClinton CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.86.16.8
Spending per listing$7.6M$9.8M$9.3M
Households per official establishment3,3522,5692,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.7%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,862$5,967$6,319
Median household income$70,407$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5450

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5
Employees, 2023
305
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
136 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Clinton 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 Clinton County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,301+0.6% since 2020
Households
16,761
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
409 sq. mi.
People per square mile
103
Median household income
$70,407+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,775
Median home value
$211,900
Jobs located here
19,070
Daytime population
42,081Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Clinton County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Delaware County, OH96334.0$18.2M+12.5%#8 of 2,070
2Union County, OH94114.5$15.1M+16.5%#23 of 2,070
3Fairfield County, OH91254.1$15.4M+6.5%#47 of 2,070
4Warren County, OH89353.8$18.1M+5.7%#59 of 2,070
5Clermont County, OH86323.8$16.7M+3.9%#95 of 2,070
6Licking County, OH86273.9$16M+3.8%#97 of 2,070
7Medina County, OH85253.4$19.1M+1.3%#107 of 2,070
8Miami County, OH85163.6$17.1M+3.4%#108 of 2,070
9Greene County, OH84314.5$14M+3.7%#121 of 2,070
10Madison County, OH8385.1$12.3M+7.1%#141 of 2,070
44Clinton County, OH54137.8$7.6M+0.6%#892 of 2,070

Other business types in Clinton County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Clinton County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 grocery stores in Clinton County. 6 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in Clinton County, OH spend on groceries?

About $98.3M a year, or $5,862 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $7.6M 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 16,761 households in Clinton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clinton County, OH compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Clinton County has 7.8 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $7.6M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Clinton County would have about 11, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,352 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Clinton County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Clinton County at 42,301 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,761 households. The median household income in Clinton County is $70,407 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.3% 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. Clinton County scores 54 for grocery stores (upper middle), #892 of 2,070 scored counties.

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 Clinton County

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