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Grocery and convenience stores in Crenshaw County, AL
How Crenshaw County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,289 of 2,402 scored counties
#57 of 64 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 18
- 5 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.6M
- On groceries · $5,270 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 34.4
- 84% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,175
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Crenshaw County is 16 (low), #2,289 of 2,402 scored counties and #57 of 64 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 grocery and convenience stores in Crenshaw County. 5 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 34.4, 84% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Crenshaw County spend about $27.6M a year on groceries, or $5,270 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per store, 55% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Crenshaw County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,047 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Crenshaw County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Crenshaw 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 grocery and 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 | Crenshaw County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 34.4 | 21.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,047 | 1,657 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,270 | $5,771 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $48,560 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 185 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Crenshaw 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 Crenshaw County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,1750.0% since 2020
- Households
- 5,233
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 609 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $48,560+12.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,390
- Median home value
- $114,000
- Jobs located here
- 3,583
- Daytime population
- 10,763Residents 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 | 88 | 246 | 14.9 | $4.3M | +11.0% | #67 of 2,402 |
| 2Limestone County, AL | 88 | 66 | 16.1 | $3.9M | +18.0% | #69 of 2,402 |
| 3Autauga County, AL | 82 | 35 | 15.3 | $3.9M | +5.1% | #150 of 2,402 |
| 4Shelby County, AL | 79 | 135 | 15.5 | $4.3M | +6.5% | #202 of 2,402 |
| 5Baldwin County, AL | 76 | 195 | 19.8 | $3.1M | +14.8% | #280 of 2,402 |
| 6Lee County, AL | 73 | 116 | 16.7 | $3.5M | +8.6% | #367 of 2,402 |
| 7Lawrence County, AL | 68 | 24 | 17.6 | $3.2M | +2.3% | #509 of 2,402 |
| 8St. Clair County, AL | 68 | 65 | 18.5 | $3.2M | +7.1% | #511 of 2,402 |
| 9Elmore County, AL | 65 | 76 | 23.1 | $2.6M | +4.2% | #611 of 2,402 |
| 10Coffee County, AL | 63 | 45 | 21.4 | $2.7M | +6.3% | #688 of 2,402 |
| 57Crenshaw County, AL | 16 | 18 | 34.4 | $1.5M | 0.0% | #2,289 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Crenshaw County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores16
- Grocery stores12
- Convenience stores16
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Crenshaw County, AL?
There are 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Crenshaw County as of September 2026. 5 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Crenshaw County, AL spend on groceries?
About $27.6M a year, or $5,270 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,233 households in Crenshaw County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Crenshaw County, AL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Crenshaw County has 34.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 84% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.5M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Crenshaw County would have about 8, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,047 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Crenshaw County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Crenshaw County at 13,175 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,233 households. Median household income in Crenshaw County is $48,560, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.5%, 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. Crenshaw County scores 16 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,289 of 2,402 scored counties.
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