Food and drink · Small-town market · Alabama
Coffee shops and cafes in the Russellville, AL area
How the Russellville, AL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #256 of 529 scored small-town markets
#8 of 11 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $36.7M
- On food away from home · $3,071 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,449
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 coffee shops and cafes in the Russellville area. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 6.7 for every 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $3,071 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in the Russellville area spend about $36.7M a year on food away from home. Spread across 8 coffee shops and cafes, that is $4.6M per cafe, 24% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Russellville area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Russellville area grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, the Russellville area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #256 of 529 scored small-town markets and #8 of 11 scored small-town markets based in Alabama.
How the Russellville area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the coffee shops and cafes 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 | Russellville area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 7.7 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $4.6M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 2,548 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +61.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,071 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,338 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Russellville 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. These official figures cover all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Population and households in the Russellville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,449+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 11,954
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 634 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $53,338
- Average household income
- $68,636
- Median home value
- $136,000
- Jobs located here
- 10,404
- Daytime population
- 28,894Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Russellville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Scottsboro, AL | 78 | 8 | 3.7 | $8.5M | +3.3% | #13 of 529 |
| 2Cullman, AL | 72 | 25 | 7.1 | $4.8M | +6.7% | #44 of 529 |
| 3Albertville, AL | 72 | 28 | 7.7 | $4.5M | +6.0% | #45 of 529 |
| 4Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 71 | 10 | 2.6 | $12M | 0.0% | #49 of 529 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 71 | 25 | 6.2 | $5.2M | +3.0% | #53 of 529 |
| 5Ozark, AL | 60 | 12 | 6.1 | $5.2M | +1.3% | #159 of 529 |
| 6Alexander City, AL | 58 | 11 | 6.4 | $5M | −0.8% | #179 of 529 |
| 7Fort Payne, AL | 53 | 25 | 9.5 | $3.2M | +3.4% | #239 of 529 |
| 8Russellville, AL | 51 | 8 | 6.7 | $4.6M | +1.1% | #256 of 529 |
| 9Selma, AL | 44 | 6 | 3.8 | $7M | −7.9% | #322 of 529 |
Other business types in the Russellville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes66
- Sit-down restaurants60
- Fast food and sandwich shops43
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes51
- Bakeries and dessert shops61
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Russellville, AL area?
The Russellville area has 8 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Russellville area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Russellville, AL area spend on food away from home?
About $36.7M a year, or $3,071 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,954 households in the Russellville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Russellville, AL area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Russellville area has 6.7 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.6M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Russellville area would have about 10, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is the Russellville, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Russellville area at 32,449 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,954 households. The median household income in the Russellville area is $53,338 a year, 34% 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 Russellville area scores 51 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #256 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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