Food and drink · Small-town market · Alabama
Restaurants and cafes in the Troy, AL area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Troy, AL area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #493 of 538 scored small-town markets
#12 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 158
- 72 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 61
- −6.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $38.5M
- On food away from home · $3,087 a household
- Spending per listing
- $244K
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 126.6
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,688
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, the Troy area has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #493 of 538 scored small-town markets and #12 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 158 restaurants and cafes in the Troy area. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 126.6 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Troy area comes to about $38.5M a year: $3,087 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 158 restaurants and cafes, that is $244K per restaurant, 34% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 61 businesses with payroll in the Troy area classed as restaurants and other eating places, down 6.1% from 2019. That is one for every 205 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $490K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Troy area. Population estimates put the population change in the Troy area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Troy 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 | Troy area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 126.6 | 92.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $244K | $382K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 205 | 246 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.1% | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,087 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $48,677 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 61−6.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,164
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15872 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 104The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $490K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Troy 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 Troy area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,688+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,484
- Median age
- 35.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 672 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $48,677+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,387
- Median home value
- $157,600
- Jobs located here
- 15,417
- Daytime population
- 34,472Residents 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 Troy 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 |
| 12Troy, AL | 24 | 158 | 126.6 | $244K | +2.4% | #493 of 538 |
Other business types in the Troy area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes24
- Sit-down restaurants44
- Fast food and sandwich shops17
- Pizza37
- Coffee shops and cafes33
- Bakeries and dessert shops25
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Troy, AL area?
There are 158 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Troy area as of September 2026. 72 of them (46%) 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, down 6.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Troy, AL area spend on food away from home?
About $38.5M a year, or $3,087 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 158 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $244K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,484 households in the Troy area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Troy, AL area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Troy area has 126.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $244K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Troy area would have about 104, against 158 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 205 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Troy, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Troy area at 33,688 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,484 households. The median household income in the Troy area is $48,677 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.0% 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 Troy area scores 24 for restaurants and cafes (low), #493 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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