Food and drink · Small-town market · Alabama
Restaurants and cafes in the Eufaula, AL-GA area
The restaurants and cafes in the Eufaula, AL-GA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #472 of 538 scored small-town markets
#11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 101
- 41 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $29.8M
- On food away from home · $2,919 a household
- Spending per listing
- $295K
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 99.1
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,861
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, the Eufaula area has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #472 of 538 scored small-town markets and #11 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Eufaula area spend about $29.8M a year on food away from home, or $2,919 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That works out to $295K per restaurant, 21% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 101 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Eufaula area as of September 2026. Of those, 41 are chain locations, or 41%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 99.1, 10% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 40 businesses with payroll in the Eufaula area classed as restaurants and other eating places, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 255 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Eufaula area declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Eufaula area 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 | Eufaula area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 99.1 | 92.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $295K | $382K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 255 | 246 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,919 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $44,925 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 400.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 623
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10141 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 80The 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 restaurants and other eating places in the Eufaula 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 Eufaula area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,861−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 10,195
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,036 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $44,925+39.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $65,148
- Median home value
- $111,300
- Jobs located here
- 7,730
- Daytime population
- 24,420Residents 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 restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Alabama, with the Eufaula area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cullman, AL | 76 | 271 | 76.7 | $446K | +6.7% | #47 of 538 |
| 2Scottsboro, AL | 75 | 136 | 62.4 | $500K | +3.3% | #50 of 538 |
| 3Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 70 | 229 | 60.2 | $526K | 0.0% | #78 of 538 |
| 4Russellville, AL | 66 | 81 | 67.8 | $453K | +1.1% | #108 of 538 |
| 5Ozark, AL | 64 | 154 | 78.1 | $405K | +1.3% | #132 of 538 |
| 6Fort Payne, AL | 62 | 204 | 77.9 | $386K | +3.4% | #153 of 538 |
| 7Enterprise, AL | 60 | 191 | 91.0 | $392K | +6.3% | #169 of 538 |
| 8Alexander City, AL | 59 | 129 | 75.5 | $429K | −0.8% | #174 of 538 |
| 9Selma, AL | 57 | 88 | 55.2 | $475K | −7.9% | #187 of 538 |
| 10Albertville, AL | 52 | 361 | 99.0 | $350K | +6.0% | #248 of 538 |
| 11Eufaula, AL-GA | 28 | 101 | 99.1 | $295K | −1.2% | #472 of 538 |
Other business types in the Eufaula area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes28
- Sit-down restaurants31
- Fast food and sandwich shops21
- Pizza36
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Eufaula, AL-GA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 101 restaurants and cafes in the Eufaula area. 41 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Eufaula, AL-GA area spend on food away from home?
About $29.8M a year, or $2,919 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 101 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $295K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,195 households in the Eufaula area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Eufaula, AL-GA area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Eufaula area has 99.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $295K, 21% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Eufaula area would have about 80, against 101 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 255 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Eufaula, AL-GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Eufaula area at 26,861 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,195 households. Median household income in the Eufaula area is $44,925, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.0%, 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 Eufaula area scores 28 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #472 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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