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Sit-down restaurants in Macon County, AL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Macon County, AL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,189 of 2,405 scored counties
#62 of 64 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 29
- 15 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $21.1M
- On food away from home · $2,909 a household
- Spending per listing
- $726K
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 40.1
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,132
- −6.8% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Macon County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #2,189 of 2,405 scored counties and #62 of 64 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Macon County spend about $21.1M a year on food away from home, or $2,909 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That is about $726K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 9% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Macon County has 29 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 52% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 40.1 for every 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for full-service restaurants in Macon County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Macon County from 2020 to 2025 at −6.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Macon 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 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 | Macon County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 40.1 | 53.1 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $726K | $663K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 721 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,909 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $43,707 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 52 |
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
- 2915 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 full-service restaurants in Macon 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 Macon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,132−6.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,237
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 609 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $43,707+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,220
- Median home value
- $102,000
- Jobs located here
- 4,711
- Daytime population
- 15,475Residents 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 | 141 | 34.4 | $1.2M | +18.0% | #18 of 2,405 |
| 2Cleburne County, AL | 79 | 11 | 18.4 | $1.7M | +6.0% | #134 of 2,405 |
| 3Shelby County, AL | 77 | 451 | 51.9 | $853K | +6.5% | #202 of 2,405 |
| 4Autauga County, AL | 74 | 92 | 40.1 | $936K | +5.1% | #278 of 2,405 |
| 5Blount County, AL | 70 | 76 | 34.3 | $996K | +1.8% | #369 of 2,405 |
| 6St. Clair County, AL | 70 | 174 | 49.6 | $742K | +7.1% | #388 of 2,405 |
| 7Washington County, AL | 69 | 17 | 28.5 | $1.2M | −3.3% | #393 of 2,405 |
| 8Cullman County, AL | 69 | 143 | 40.5 | $846K | +6.7% | #409 of 2,405 |
| 9Chilton County, AL | 69 | 74 | 41.4 | $811K | +5.9% | #411 of 2,405 |
| 10Elmore County, AL | 69 | 160 | 48.7 | $769K | +4.2% | #415 of 2,405 |
| 62Macon County, AL | 25 | 29 | 40.1 | $726K | −6.8% | #2,189 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Macon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes50
- Sit-down restaurants25
- Fast food and sandwich shops17
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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 sit-down restaurants are in Macon County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 sit-down restaurants in Macon County. 15 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. No official count is published for full-service restaurants in Macon County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Macon County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $21.1M a year, or $2,909 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $726K 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 7,237 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Macon County, AL compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Macon County has 40.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $726K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Macon County would have about 32, against 29 on map listings.
How fast is Macon County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Macon County at 18,132 people in 2025, down 6.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,237 households. Median household income in Macon County is $43,707, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. 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. Macon County scores 25 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #2,189 of 2,405 scored counties.
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