Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · West Virginia
Grocery stores in the Bluefield, WV-VA area
The grocery stores in the Bluefield, WV-VA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #302 of 506 scored small-town markets
#2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in West Virginia
- Listings
- 22
- 7 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $217.6M
- On groceries · $5,372 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.9M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 96,138
- −3.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Bluefield area spend about $217.6M a year on groceries, or $5,372 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9.9M per store, 6% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
The Bluefield area has 22 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 32%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.4, 21% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Bluefield area in 2023. That is one for every 2,894 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bluefield area declined 3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Bluefield area scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #302 of 506 scored small-town markets and #2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in West Virginia.
How the Bluefield area compares
The same measures for West 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 | Bluefield area | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $9.9M | $8.7M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,894 | 2,803 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.6% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.8% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,372 | $5,613 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $50,550 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 728
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 227 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 the Bluefield area, 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 the Bluefield area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 96,138−3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 40,514
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 938 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 105
- Median household income
- $50,550
- Average household income
- $70,787
- Median home value
- $120,000
- Jobs located here
- 33,948
- Daytime population
- 95,290Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in West Virginia for grocery stores, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bluefield area marked.
Top small-town markets in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fairmont, WV | 50 | 18 | 7.7 | $7.5M | −1.2% | #269 of 506 |
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 48 | 19 | 4.9 | $11.3M | −1.3% | #280 of 506 |
| 2Bluefield, WV-VA | 46 | 22 | 5.4 | $9.9M | −3.8% | #302 of 506 |
| 3Clarksburg, WV | 42 | 28 | 7.9 | $7.2M | −2.4% | #337 of 506 |
| 4Elkins, WV | 39 | 9 | 8.4 | $6.5M | −3.6% | #361 of 506 |
Other business types in the Bluefield area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores45
- Grocery stores46
- Convenience stores37
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Home services
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Questions
How many grocery stores are in the Bluefield, WV-VA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 grocery stores in the Bluefield area. 7 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Bluefield, WV-VA area spend on groceries?
About $217.6M a year, or $5,372 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $9.9M 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 40,514 households in the Bluefield area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bluefield, WV-VA area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Bluefield area has 5.4 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $9.9M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Bluefield area would have about 23, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,894 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bluefield, WV-VA area growing?
Population estimates put the Bluefield area at 96,138 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 40,514 households. The median household income in the Bluefield area is $50,550 a year, 37% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Bluefield area scores 46 for grocery stores (lower middle), #302 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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