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Grocery stores in Pike County, AL

How Pike County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,631 of 2,070 scored counties
#37 of 60 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
15
4 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$66.7M
On groceries · $5,343 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
52% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.0
76% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,688
+2.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For grocery stores, Pike County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,631 of 2,070 scored counties and #37 of 60 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on groceries in Pike County comes to about $66.7M a year: $5,343 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.4M per store, 52% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

There are 15 grocery stores on map listings in Pike County as of September 2026. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 12.0 for every 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Pike County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 2,497 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates show Pike County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Pike 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 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.

Grocery stores in Pike County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasurePike CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.07.46.8
Spending per listing$4.4M$7.8M$9.3M
Households per official establishment2,4972,5542,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.3%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,343$5,771$6,319
Median household income$48,677$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score3138

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 5
Employees, 2023
273
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
154 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in Pike 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 Pike County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,688+2.4% since 2020
Households
12,484
Median age
35.5
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
672 sq. mi.
People per square mile
49
Median household income
$48,677+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,387
Median home value
$157,600
Jobs located here
15,417
Daytime population
34,472Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Pike County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Autauga County, AL8862.6$23M+5.1%#66 of 2,070
2Limestone County, AL85235.6$11.2M+18.0%#113 of 2,070
3Madison County, AL80996.0$10.6M+11.0%#205 of 2,070
4Shelby County, AL79455.2$12.8M+6.5%#218 of 2,070
5St. Clair County, AL74164.6$13.1M+7.1%#314 of 2,070
6Lee County, AL74375.3$10.9M+8.6%#323 of 2,070
7Baldwin County, AL73575.8$10.6M+14.8%#342 of 2,070
8Elmore County, AL65247.3$8.2M+4.2%#550 of 2,070
9Talladega County, AL64144.2$13.1M+0.3%#557 of 2,070
10Tuscaloosa County, AL64566.2$9.3M+3.8%#575 of 2,070
37Pike County, AL311512.0$4.4M+2.4%#1,631 of 2,070

Other business types in Pike County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Pike County, AL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 grocery stores in Pike County. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in Pike County, AL spend on groceries?

About $66.7M a year, or $5,343 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $4.4M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,484 households in Pike County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Pike County, AL compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Pike County has 12.0 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $4.4M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Pike County would have about 7, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,497 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Pike County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Pike County at 33,688 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,484 households. The median household income in Pike County is $48,677 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.0% 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. Pike County scores 31 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,631 of 2,070 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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