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Restaurants and cafes in Lawrence County, AR
How Lawrence County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,380 of 2,405 scored counties
#20 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 48
- 20 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- +14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $19.8M
- On food away from home · $2,988 a household
- Spending per listing
- $412K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 72.6
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,273
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 restaurants and cafes in Lawrence County. 20 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 72.6, 34% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Lawrence County comes to about $19.8M a year: $2,988 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 48 restaurants and cafes, that is $412K per restaurant, 11% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lawrence County was 24 in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 276 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lawrence County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Lawrence County is 45 (lower middle), #1,380 of 2,405 scored counties and #20 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Lawrence County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Lawrence County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 72.6 | 98.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $412K | $345K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 276 | 238 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.3% | +8.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,988 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $44,882 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 24+14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 304
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4820 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 53The 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,273+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,613
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 588 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $44,882+12.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,373
- Median home value
- $98,900
- Jobs located here
- 4,103
- Daytime population
- 14,694Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Lawrence County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AR | 80 | 35 | 54.2 | $594K | +11.2% | #135 of 2,405 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 79 | 347 | 69.1 | $549K | +7.6% | #153 of 2,405 |
| 3Perry County, AR | 78 | 15 | 36.6 | $895K | +3.1% | #164 of 2,405 |
| 4Grant County, AR | 77 | 45 | 64.5 | $552K | +4.1% | #198 of 2,405 |
| 5Marion County, AR | 73 | 34 | 44.4 | $663K | +4.3% | #286 of 2,405 |
| 6Lonoke County, AR | 72 | 214 | 74.9 | $486K | +3.5% | #349 of 2,405 |
| 7Fulton County, AR | 71 | 22 | 46.2 | $606K | +3.7% | #362 of 2,405 |
| 8Hot Spring County, AR | 65 | 67 | 54.4 | $577K | +1.1% | #536 of 2,405 |
| 9Benton County, AR | 65 | 1,238 | 110.6 | $391K | +16.0% | #579 of 2,405 |
| 10Logan County, AR | 63 | 61 | 71.6 | $460K | +2.5% | #631 of 2,405 |
| 20Lawrence County, AR | 45 | 48 | 72.6 | $412K | +0.3% | #1,380 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Lawrence County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants42
- Fast food and sandwich shops35
- Pizza33
- Coffee shops and cafes42
- Bakeries and dessert shops32
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Lawrence County, AR?
There are 48 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Lawrence County as of September 2026. 20 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lawrence County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $19.8M a year, or $2,988 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $412K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,613 households in Lawrence County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lawrence County, AR compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Lawrence County has 72.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $412K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Lawrence County would have about 53, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 276 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Lawrence County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Lawrence County at 16,273 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,613 households. The median household income in Lawrence County is $44,882 a year, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.2% 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. Lawrence County scores 45 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,380 of 2,405 scored counties.
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