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Gas stations in Lamar County, AL
How Lamar County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.9M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,936 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 57% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.9
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,587
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 gas stations in Lamar County. That comes to 7.9 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 10.9.
At $2,936 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Lamar County spend about $14.9M a year on gasoline and other fuels. That is about $3.7M of household spending for each station on map listings, 57% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Lamar County classed as gasoline stations. That is one for every 636 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lamar County declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 gas stations on map listings, Lamar County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lamar 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 | Lamar County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 18.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $1.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 636 | 647 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.0% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,936 | $3,007 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $50,000 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 28
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 42 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Lamar 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 Lamar County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,587−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,086
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 605 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $50,000+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,065
- Median home value
- $114,000
- Jobs located here
- 3,359
- Daytime population
- 11,439Residents 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 |
| Lamar County, AL | Not scored | 4 | 7.9 | $3.7M | −2.6% |
Other business types in Lamar 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 Lamar County, AL?
Lamar County has 4 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023.
How much do households in Lamar County, AL spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $14.9M a year, or $2,936 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,086 households in Lamar County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lamar County, AL compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Lamar County has 7.9 gas stations per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $3.7M, 57% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Lamar County would have about 6, against 4 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.
How fast is Lamar County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Lamar County at 13,587 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,086 households. The median household income in Lamar County is $50,000 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.3% 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. Lamar County has no market score for gas stations: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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