Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Alabama
Grocery stores in the Scottsboro, AL area
How the Scottsboro, AL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #396 of 506 scored small-town markets
#5 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 22
- 11 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $117.8M
- On groceries · $5,404 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.4M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 49% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,281
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery stores, the Scottsboro area has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #396 of 506 scored small-town markets and #5 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $5,404 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Scottsboro area spend about $117.8M a year on groceries. That works out to $5.4M per store, 42% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
The Scottsboro area has 22 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 10.1 for every 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Scottsboro area classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 2,180 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Scottsboro area grew 3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Scottsboro area 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.
| Measure | Scottsboro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 7.4 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.4M | $7.8M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,180 | 2,554 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.3% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,404 | $5,771 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $51,908 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 323
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2211 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 the Scottsboro area, 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 the Scottsboro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,281+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 21,795
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,078 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $51,908+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,531
- Median home value
- $159,500
- Jobs located here
- 15,481
- Daytime population
- 47,263Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Scottsboro area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 69 | 15 | 3.9 | $13.8M | 0.0% | #73 of 506 |
| 2Enterprise, AL | 67 | 14 | 6.7 | $8.7M | +6.3% | #94 of 506 |
| 3Cullman, AL | 60 | 31 | 8.8 | $6.5M | +6.7% | #161 of 506 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 51 | 24 | 5.9 | $9.3M | +3.0% | #257 of 506 |
| 4Ozark, AL | 44 | 18 | 9.1 | $6M | +1.3% | #326 of 506 |
| 5Scottsboro, AL | 35 | 22 | 10.1 | $5.4M | +3.3% | #396 of 506 |
| 6Albertville, AL | 35 | 43 | 11.8 | $4.9M | +6.0% | #398 of 506 |
| 7Troy, AL | 33 | 15 | 12.0 | $4.4M | +2.4% | #412 of 506 |
| 8Alexander City, AL | 27 | 18 | 10.5 | $5.2M | −0.8% | #441 of 506 |
| 9Fort Payne, AL | 24 | 28 | 10.7 | $5M | +3.4% | #454 of 506 |
Other business types in the Scottsboro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores36
- Grocery stores35
- Convenience stores48
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 stores are in the Scottsboro, AL area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 grocery stores in the Scottsboro area. 11 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Scottsboro, AL area spend on groceries?
About $117.8M a year, or $5,404 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 21,795 households in the Scottsboro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Scottsboro, AL area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Scottsboro area has 10.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.4M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Scottsboro area would have about 13, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,180 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Scottsboro, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Scottsboro area at 54,281 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,795 households. The median household income in the Scottsboro area is $51,908 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Scottsboro area scores 35 for grocery stores (lower middle), #396 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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