Groceries and convenience · County · West Virginia
Grocery stores in Hardy County, WV
How Hardy County, WV 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,838 of 2,070 scored counties
#28 of 34 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $31.8M
- On groceries · $5,347 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.3M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 49% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,337
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery stores, Hardy County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,838 of 2,070 scored counties and #28 of 34 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on groceries in Hardy County comes to about $31.8M a year: $5,347 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.3M per store, 43% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Hardy County has 6 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 10.1 for every 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Hardy County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hardy County grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hardy County 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 | Hardy County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.3M | $8.7M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,803 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −13.6% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,347 | $5,613 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $49,272 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 33 |
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
- 62 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 Hardy 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 Hardy County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,337+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,954
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 582 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $49,272+3.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,673
- Median home value
- $166,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,666
- Daytime population
- 13,105Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 87 | 11 | 4.8 | $13.6M | +9.2% | #83 of 2,070 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 87 | 24 | 4.7 | $13M | +13.7% | #84 of 2,070 |
| 3Monongalia County, WV | 70 | 25 | 5.6 | $10.5M | +2.0% | #411 of 2,070 |
| 4Hampshire County, WV | 63 | 5 | 5.8 | $9.8M | +4.4% | #593 of 2,070 |
| 5Putnam County, WV | 60 | 16 | 6.9 | $9M | −1.0% | #686 of 2,070 |
| 6Wood County, WV | 56 | 19 | 5.3 | $10.5M | −2.1% | #801 of 2,070 |
| 7Greenbrier County, WV | 55 | 6 | 4.1 | $12.9M | −4.0% | #826 of 2,070 |
| 8Kanawha County, WV | 54 | 38 | 5.0 | $11.4M | −4.3% | #866 of 2,070 |
| 9Mercer County, WV | 52 | 11 | 4.5 | $11.9M | −3.4% | #925 of 2,070 |
| 10Preston County, WV | 50 | 10 | 7.8 | $7.2M | −0.6% | #1,031 of 2,070 |
| 28Hardy County, WV | 22 | 6 | 10.1 | $5.3M | +0.7% | #1,838 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Hardy County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores35
- Grocery stores22
- Convenience stores25
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 Hardy County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 grocery stores in Hardy County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Hardy County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hardy County, WV spend on groceries?
About $31.8M a year, or $5,347 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.3M 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 5,954 households in Hardy County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardy County, WV compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Hardy County has 10.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.3M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Hardy County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Hardy County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Hardy County at 14,337 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,954 households. The median household income in Hardy County is $49,272 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 3.9% 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. Hardy County scores 22 for grocery stores (low), #1,838 of 2,070 scored counties.
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