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Gas stations in Dale County, AL
How Dale 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,635 of 2,358 scored counties
#34 of 63 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 38
- 28 chain locations (74%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $59.1M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,995 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.3
- 77% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,912
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Dale County spend about $59.1M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $2,995 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per station, 35% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Dale County has 38 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 28 of them (74%) are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. That is 19.3 per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Dale County was 31 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 636 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $401K has gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Dale County.
Population estimates show Dale County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gas stations in Dale County is 39 (lower middle), #1,635 of 2,358 scored counties and #34 of 63 scored counties in Alabama.
How Dale 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 | Dale County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.3 | 18.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $1.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 636 | 647 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −4.0% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,995 | $3,007 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $54,963 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31 → 310.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 267
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3828 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $401K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Dale 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 Dale County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,912+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 19,727
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 561 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 88
- Median household income
- $54,963+16.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,266
- Median home value
- $143,500
- Jobs located here
- 15,272
- Daytime population
- 47,928Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 34Dale County, AL | 39 | 38 | 19.3 | $1.6M | +1.3% | #1,635 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Dale County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many gas stations are in Dale County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 gas stations in Dale County. 28 of them (74%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dale County, AL spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $59.1M a year, or $2,995 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,727 households in Dale County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dale County, AL compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Dale County has 19.3 gas stations per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.6M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Dale County would have about 25, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 636 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Dale County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Dale County at 49,912 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,727 households. Median household income in Dale County is $54,963, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.4%, 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. Dale County scores 39 for gas stations (lower middle), #1,635 of 2,358 scored counties.
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