Food and drink · Small-town market · Alabama
Sit-down restaurants in the Eufaula, AL-GA area
The sit-down restaurants 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #461 of 538 scored small-town markets
#12 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 70
- 24 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.8M
- On food away from home · $2,919 a household
- Spending per listing
- $425K
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 68.7
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,861
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Eufaula area scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #461 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.
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 $425K per restaurant, 36% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 70 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Eufaula area as of September 2026. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 34%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 68.7, 12% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in the Eufaula area classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 850 households, against one for every 500 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 sit-down restaurants 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 | 68.7 | 53.1 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $425K | $663K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 850 | 721 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.6% | +1.5% |
| 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 | 31 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 110
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7024 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 full-service restaurants 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 sit-down restaurants, 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 | 79 | 143 | 40.5 | $846K | +6.7% | #23 of 538 |
| 2Scottsboro, AL | 69 | 85 | 39.0 | $799K | +3.3% | #81 of 538 |
| 3Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 68 | 131 | 34.4 | $919K | 0.0% | #86 of 538 |
| 4Ozark, AL | 63 | 79 | 40.0 | $789K | +1.3% | #133 of 538 |
| 5Russellville, AL | 60 | 47 | 39.3 | $781K | +1.1% | #164 of 538 |
| 6Enterprise, AL | 60 | 108 | 51.5 | $693K | +6.3% | #168 of 538 |
| 7Selma, AL | 55 | 48 | 30.1 | $872K | −7.9% | #211 of 538 |
| 8Fort Payne, AL | 54 | 119 | 45.5 | $662K | +3.4% | #225 of 538 |
| 9Albertville, AL | 54 | 205 | 56.2 | $616K | +6.0% | #228 of 538 |
| 10Alexander City, AL | 51 | 77 | 45.1 | $718K | −0.8% | #254 of 538 |
| 12Eufaula, AL-GA | 31 | 70 | 68.7 | $425K | −1.2% | #461 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 sit-down restaurants are in the Eufaula, AL-GA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 70 sit-down restaurants in the Eufaula area. 24 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts also show 5 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 70 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $425K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. 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 sit-down restaurants?
The Eufaula area has 68.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $425K, 36% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Eufaula area would have about 45, against 70 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 850 households, against one for every 500 across 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 31 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #461 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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