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Restaurants and cafes in Lowndes County, AL
How Lowndes County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 19
- 10 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.8M
- On food away from home · $2,746 a household
- Spending per listing
- $619K
- 67% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 44.4
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,359
- −9.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Lowndes County spend about $11.8M a year on food away from home, or $2,746 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. That is about $619K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 67% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 19 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Lowndes County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 53% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 44.4, 60% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for restaurants and other eating places in Lowndes County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lowndes County declined 9.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Lowndes 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 | Lowndes County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 44.4 | 92.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $619K | $382K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 246 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −9.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,746 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $37,052 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1910 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 Lowndes 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 Lowndes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,359−9.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,284
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 716 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $37,052
- Average household income
- $60,874
- Median home value
- $86,300
- Jobs located here
- 3,065
- Daytime population
- 9,987Residents 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 |
| Lowndes County, AL | Not scored | 19 | 44.4 | $619K | −9.0% |
Other business types in Lowndes County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Lowndes County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 restaurants and cafes in Lowndes County. 10 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. No official count is published for restaurants and other eating places in Lowndes County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lowndes County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $11.8M a year, or $2,746 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $619K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,284 households in Lowndes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lowndes County, AL compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Lowndes County has 44.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $619K, 67% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Lowndes County would have about 32, against 19 on map listings.
How fast is Lowndes County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Lowndes County at 9,359 people in 2025, down 9.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,284 households. Median household income in Lowndes County is $37,052, 54% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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