Groceries and convenience · County · Virginia
Grocery stores in Northumberland County, VA
How Northumberland County, VA 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,032 of 2,070 scored counties
#41 of 94 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $33M
- On groceries · $5,852 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.6M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.9
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,557
- +6.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Northumberland County comes to about $33M a year: $5,852 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.6M per store, 29% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Northumberland County has 5 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. That is 8.9 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Northumberland County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Northumberland County grew 6.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, Northumberland County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,032 of 2,070 scored counties and #41 of 94 scored counties in Virginia.
How Northumberland 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 | Northumberland County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.9 | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $6.6M | $9.9M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,270 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.7% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,852 | $6,537 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,480 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 60 |
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
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Northumberland 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 Northumberland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,557+6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 5,640
- Median age
- 56.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 191 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $66,480+6.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,845
- Median home value
- $346,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,334
- Daytime population
- 8,665Residents 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 |
| 41Northumberland County, VA | 50 | 5 | 8.9 | $6.6M | +6.1% | #1,032 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Northumberland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores49
- Grocery stores50
- Convenience stores65
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 Northumberland County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 grocery stores in Northumberland County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Northumberland County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Northumberland County, VA spend on groceries?
About $33M a year, or $5,852 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $6.6M 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 5,640 households in Northumberland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Northumberland County, VA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Northumberland County has 8.9 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $6.6M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Northumberland County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Northumberland County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Northumberland County at 12,557 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,640 households. The median household income in Northumberland County is $66,480 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 6.1% 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. Northumberland County scores 50 for grocery stores (upper middle), #1,032 of 2,070 scored counties.
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