Groceries and convenience · County · Virginia
Grocery stores in Dinwiddie County, VA
The grocery stores in Dinwiddie County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #732 of 2,070 scored counties
#34 of 94 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 8
- 3 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $64.6M
- On groceries · $6,057 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.1M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,896
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 grocery stores in Dinwiddie County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 38%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 10% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Household spending on groceries in Dinwiddie County comes to about $64.6M a year: $6,057 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Dinwiddie County in 2023. That is one for every 2,665 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Dinwiddie County grew 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, Dinwiddie County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #732 of 2,070 scored counties and #34 of 94 scored counties in Virginia.
How Dinwiddie County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Dinwiddie County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $8.1M | $9.9M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,665 | 2,270 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.7% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,057 | $6,537 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $83,704 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 218
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 83 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Dinwiddie 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 Dinwiddie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,896+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 10,661
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 504 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $83,704+38.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,403
- Median home value
- $257,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,184
- Daytime population
- 24,737Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stafford County, VA | 90 | 27 | 5.2 | $14.3M | +8.3% | #54 of 2,070 |
| 2Orange County, VA | 89 | 8 | 5.4 | $12.1M | +10.1% | #64 of 2,070 |
| 3Fauquier County, VA | 87 | 15 | 5.6 | $12.8M | +4.8% | #85 of 2,070 |
| 4York County, VA | 85 | 9 | 3.3 | $20.6M | +1.6% | #105 of 2,070 |
| 5New Kent County, VA | 84 | 6 | 6.5 | $10.8M | +21.2% | #126 of 2,070 |
| 6Bedford County, VA | 83 | 16 | 4.8 | $12.7M | +4.4% | #139 of 2,070 |
| 7Caroline County, VA | 83 | 6 | 5.0 | $12.6M | +11.3% | #140 of 2,070 |
| 8Chesterfield County, VA | 81 | 70 | 5.0 | $13.4M | +8.7% | #167 of 2,070 |
| 9Frederick County, VA | 81 | 22 | 6.2 | $10.6M | +8.8% | #179 of 2,070 |
| 10Loudoun County, VA | 80 | 88 | 6.2 | $13M | +6.4% | #192 of 2,070 |
| 34Dinwiddie County, VA | 59 | 8 | 7.5 | $8.1M | +3.6% | #732 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Dinwiddie County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores61
- Grocery stores59
- Convenience stores57
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 Dinwiddie County, VA?
Dinwiddie County has 8 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Dinwiddie County, VA spend on groceries?
About $64.6M a year, or $6,057 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $8.1M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,661 households in Dinwiddie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dinwiddie County, VA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Dinwiddie County has 7.5 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $8.1M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Dinwiddie County would have about 7, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,665 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Dinwiddie County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Dinwiddie County at 28,896 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,661 households. Median household income in Dinwiddie County is $83,704, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.7%, 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. Dinwiddie County scores 59 for grocery stores (upper middle), #732 of 2,070 scored counties.
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