Groceries and convenience · County · Alabama
Convenience stores in Cherokee County, AL
How Cherokee County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,090 of 2,261 scored counties
#17 of 62 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 10
- 3 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $56.1M
- On groceries · $5,508 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,413
- +5.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,508 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Cherokee County spend about $56.1M a year on groceries. That is about $5.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 29% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Cherokee County has 10 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 30%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 9.8 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Cherokee County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Cherokee County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cherokee County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,090 of 2,261 scored counties and #17 of 62 scored counties in Alabama.
How Cherokee County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience 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 | Cherokee County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 10.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $5.5M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,722 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +74.1% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,508 | $5,771 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $53,863 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 34 |
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
- 103 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 convenience stores in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,413+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 10,192
- Median age
- 47.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $53,863+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,789
- Median home value
- $179,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,279
- Daytime population
- 21,170Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Cherokee County?
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Cherokee County marked.
Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AL | 89 | 107 | 6.5 | $9.8M | +11.0% | #49 of 2,261 |
| 2Limestone County, AL | 82 | 36 | 8.8 | $7.1M | +18.0% | #135 of 2,261 |
| 3Shelby County, AL | 79 | 66 | 7.6 | $8.7M | +6.5% | #197 of 2,261 |
| 4Baldwin County, AL | 78 | 95 | 9.6 | $6.3M | +14.8% | #237 of 2,261 |
| 5Autauga County, AL | 72 | 20 | 8.7 | $6.9M | +5.1% | #382 of 2,261 |
| 6Coffee County, AL | 72 | 18 | 8.6 | $6.8M | +6.3% | #384 of 2,261 |
| 7Lee County, AL | 70 | 60 | 8.6 | $6.7M | +8.6% | #445 of 2,261 |
| 8Elmore County, AL | 68 | 34 | 10.3 | $5.8M | +4.2% | #505 of 2,261 |
| 9St. Clair County, AL | 63 | 42 | 12.0 | $5M | +7.1% | #665 of 2,261 |
| 10Cullman County, AL | 61 | 37 | 10.5 | $5.4M | +6.7% | #735 of 2,261 |
| 17Cherokee County, AL | 51 | 10 | 9.8 | $5.6M | +5.8% | #1,090 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Cherokee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores59
- Grocery stores57
- Convenience stores51
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Cherokee County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 convenience stores in Cherokee County. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Cherokee County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Cherokee County, AL spend on groceries?
About $56.1M a year, or $5,508 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.6M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,192 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, AL compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Cherokee County has 9.8 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.6M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 7, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Cherokee County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 26,413 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,192 households. The median household income in Cherokee County is $53,863 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Cherokee County scores 51 for convenience stores (upper middle), #1,090 of 2,261 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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