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Restaurants and cafes in Crenshaw County, AL
How Crenshaw County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,361 of 2,405 scored counties
#40 of 64 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 44
- 14 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.8M
- On food away from home · $3,010 a household
- Spending per listing
- $358K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 84.1
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,175
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Crenshaw County spend about $15.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,010 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $358K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 44 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Crenshaw County as of September 2026. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 32%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 84.1 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Crenshaw County in 2023. That is one for every 523 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Crenshaw County.
Population estimates show Crenshaw County held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Crenshaw County is 46 (lower middle), #1,361 of 2,405 scored counties and #40 of 64 scored counties in Alabama.
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 food away from home by the restaurants and cafes 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 | 84.1 | 92.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $358K | $382K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 523 | 246 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,010 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $48,560 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 209
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4414 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 91 | 237 | 57.9 | $697K | +18.0% | #20 of 2,405 |
| 2Cleburne County, AL | 78 | 26 | 43.5 | $725K | +6.0% | #166 of 2,405 |
| 3St. Clair County, AL | 74 | 279 | 79.5 | $463K | +7.1% | #278 of 2,405 |
| 4Lawrence County, AL | 73 | 72 | 52.8 | $645K | +2.3% | #288 of 2,405 |
| 5Blount County, AL | 73 | 124 | 55.9 | $610K | +1.8% | #290 of 2,405 |
| 6Autauga County, AL | 73 | 155 | 67.6 | $556K | +5.1% | #299 of 2,405 |
| 7Shelby County, AL | 73 | 767 | 88.3 | $502K | +6.5% | #310 of 2,405 |
| 8Chilton County, AL | 72 | 120 | 67.1 | $500K | +5.9% | #343 of 2,405 |
| 9Washington County, AL | 70 | 29 | 48.6 | $732K | −3.3% | #387 of 2,405 |
| 10Cherokee County, AL | 70 | 64 | 62.8 | $512K | +5.8% | #402 of 2,405 |
| 40Crenshaw County, AL | 46 | 44 | 84.1 | $358K | 0.0% | #1,361 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Crenshaw County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes46
- Sit-down restaurants39
- Fast food and sandwich shops34
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Crenshaw County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 44 restaurants and cafes in Crenshaw County. 14 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Crenshaw County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $15.8M a year, or $3,010 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $358K per restaurant. 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 restaurants and cafes?
Crenshaw County has 84.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $358K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Crenshaw County would have about 43, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 523 households, against one for every 209 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 46 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,361 of 2,405 scored counties.
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