Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Tennessee
Grocery stores in the Crossville, TN area
The grocery stores in the Crossville, TN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #33 of 506 scored small-town markets
#1 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 13
- 7 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $156.1M
- On groceries · $5,538 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,300
- +8.0% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery stores, the Crossville area has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #33 of 506 scored small-town markets and #1 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for grocery stores.
Household spending on groceries in the Crossville area comes to about $156.1M a year: $5,538 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 grocery stores, that is $12M per store, 29% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
The Crossville area has 13 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (54%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Crossville area classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 3,524 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Crossville area from 2020 to 2025 at +8.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Crossville area compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Crossville area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $12M | $8.4M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,524 | 2,622 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.3% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.0% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,538 | $5,923 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $60,375 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 550
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 137 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Crossville 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 Crossville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,300+8.0% since 2020
- Households
- 28,195
- Median age
- 51.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 681 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 93
- Median household income
- $60,375+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,464
- Median home value
- $250,500
- Jobs located here
- 19,273
- Daytime population
- 60,554Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crossville, TN | 78 | 13 | 4.6 | $12M | +8.0% | #33 of 506 |
| 2Lewisburg, TN | 77 | 9 | 6.6 | $9M | +10.5% | #38 of 506 |
| 3Fayetteville, TN | 62 | 10 | 6.7 | $8.5M | +4.3% | #133 of 506 |
| 4Shelbyville, TN | 58 | 20 | 10.3 | $5.7M | +9.7% | #179 of 506 |
| 5Athens, TN | 53 | 22 | 8.3 | $6.8M | +8.2% | #246 of 506 |
| 6Paris, TN | 52 | 10 | 7.4 | $7.2M | +2.3% | #252 of 506 |
| 7Winchester, TN | 52 | 16 | 9.2 | $6.2M | +6.4% | #254 of 506 |
| 8McMinnville, TN | 51 | 15 | 9.3 | $5.9M | +6.5% | #266 of 506 |
| 9Greeneville, TN | 48 | 19 | 6.7 | $8.2M | +5.0% | #285 of 506 |
| 10Lawrenceburg, TN | 47 | 14 | 8.2 | $6.6M | +6.2% | #299 of 506 |
Other business types in the Crossville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores75
- Grocery stores78
- Convenience stores72
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 Crossville, TN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 grocery stores in the Crossville area. 7 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Crossville, TN area spend on groceries?
About $156.1M a year, or $5,538 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $12M 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 28,195 households in the Crossville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Crossville, TN area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Crossville area has 4.6 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $12M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Crossville area would have about 17, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,524 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Crossville, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Crossville area at 66,300 people in 2025, up 8.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,195 households. The median household income in the Crossville area is $60,375 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.4% 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 Crossville area scores 78 for grocery stores (high), #33 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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