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Gas stations in Cherokee County, AL
How Cherokee County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,177 of 2,358 scored counties
#20 of 63 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 21
- 15 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $33.2M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,261 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.6
- 89% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,413
- +5.8% since 2020
See the gas stations around any address in Cherokee County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 gas stations in Cherokee County. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 71%, against 84% across the U.S. That is 20.6 per 10,000 households, 89% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Cherokee County comes to about $33.2M a year: $3,261 per household, 26% above the U.S. average. Spread across 21 gas stations, that is $1.6M per station, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Cherokee County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 600 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cherokee County grew 5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cherokee County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #1,177 of 2,358 scored counties and #20 of 63 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 gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations 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 | 20.6 | 18.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 600 | 647 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.0% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,261 | $3,007 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $53,863 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 95
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2115 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 gasoline stations 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 gas stations, 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 | 69 | 208 | 12.6 | $2.4M | +11.0% | #438 of 2,358 |
| 2Geneva County, AL | 67 | 12 | 11.3 | $2.7M | +3.2% | #485 of 2,358 |
| 3Baldwin County, AL | 67 | 129 | 13.1 | $2.4M | +14.8% | #492 of 2,358 |
| 4Limestone County, AL | 67 | 63 | 15.4 | $2.2M | +18.0% | #495 of 2,358 |
| 5Lauderdale County, AL | 66 | 47 | 12.0 | $2.6M | +3.3% | #523 of 2,358 |
| 6Coffee County, AL | 66 | 27 | 12.9 | $2.5M | +6.3% | #526 of 2,358 |
| 7DeKalb County, AL | 65 | 29 | 11.1 | $3M | +3.4% | #550 of 2,358 |
| 8Lee County, AL | 64 | 107 | 15.4 | $2M | +8.6% | #603 of 2,358 |
| 9Autauga County, AL | 63 | 30 | 13.1 | $2.4M | +5.1% | #624 of 2,358 |
| 10Marshall County, AL | 63 | 52 | 14.3 | $2.3M | +6.0% | #627 of 2,358 |
| 20Cherokee County, AL | 50 | 21 | 20.6 | $1.6M | +5.8% | #1,177 of 2,358 |
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
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in Cherokee County, AL?
There are 21 gas stations on map listings in Cherokee County as of September 2026. 15 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.
How much do households in Cherokee County, AL spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $33.2M a year, or $3,261 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per station. 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 gas stations?
Cherokee County has 20.6 gas stations per 10,000 households, 89% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.6M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 14, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 600 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
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 50 for gas stations (upper middle), #1,177 of 2,358 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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