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Restaurants and cafes in Tallapoosa County, AL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Tallapoosa County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,218 of 2,405 scored counties
#36 of 64 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 129
- 42 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 61
- +10.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $55.3M
- On food away from home · $3,238 a household
- Spending per listing
- $429K
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 75.5
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,953
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 129 restaurants and cafes in Tallapoosa County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 75.5 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Tallapoosa County comes to about $55.3M a year: $3,238 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 129 restaurants and cafes, that is $429K per restaurant, 16% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 61 businesses with payroll in Tallapoosa County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 10.9% from 2019. That is one for every 280 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Tallapoosa County.
Population estimates put the population change in Tallapoosa County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Tallapoosa County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,218 of 2,405 scored counties and #36 of 64 scored counties in Alabama.
How Tallapoosa 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 | Tallapoosa County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 75.5 | 92.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $429K | $382K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 280 | 246 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.9% | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,238 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $59,356 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 55 → 61+10.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,051
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12942 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 149The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,953−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 17,076
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 717 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $59,356+29.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,535
- Median home value
- $158,500
- Jobs located here
- 12,620
- Daytime population
- 35,492Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Tallapoosa County marked.
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 |
| 36Tallapoosa County, AL | 49 | 129 | 75.5 | $429K | −0.8% | #1,218 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Tallapoosa County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes49
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops54
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes54
- Bakeries and dessert shops49
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Tallapoosa County, AL?
There are 129 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Tallapoosa County as of September 2026. 42 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 10.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Tallapoosa County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $55.3M a year, or $3,238 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 129 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $429K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,076 households in Tallapoosa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tallapoosa County, AL compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Tallapoosa County has 75.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $429K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Tallapoosa County would have about 149, against 129 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 280 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Tallapoosa County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Tallapoosa County at 40,953 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,076 households. The median household income in Tallapoosa County is $59,356 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.5% 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. 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. Tallapoosa County scores 49 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,218 of 2,405 scored counties.
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