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Restaurants and cafes in Glades County, FL
The restaurants and cafes in Glades County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #195 of 2,405 scored counties
#9 of 65 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 24
- 4 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.7M
- On food away from home · $3,049 a household
- Spending per listing
- $572K
- 54% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 53.3
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,270
- +9.9% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Glades County has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #195 of 2,405 scored counties and #9 of 65 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for restaurants and cafes.
Household spending on food away from home in Glades County comes to about $13.7M a year: $3,049 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $572K per restaurant, 54% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Glades County has 24 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 53.3 per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Glades County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 900 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.7M has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Glades County. Population estimates show Glades County grew 9.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Glades County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Glades County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 53.3 | 112.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $572K | $342K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 900 | 223 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.9% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,049 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $45,870 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 82
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 244 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Glades 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 Glades County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,270+9.9% since 2020
- Households
- 4,500
- Median age
- 48.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 807 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $45,870+11.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,018
- Median home value
- $137,000
- Jobs located here
- 2,406
- Daytime population
- 10,623Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 90 | 337 | 47.9 | $782K | +21.1% | #22 of 2,405 |
| 2Santa Rosa County, FL | 86 | 552 | 76.0 | $548K | +11.7% | #53 of 2,405 |
| 3Gilchrist County, FL | 82 | 43 | 60.1 | $581K | +14.5% | #106 of 2,405 |
| 4Flagler County, FL | 82 | 390 | 74.2 | $523K | +21.0% | #112 of 2,405 |
| 5Wakulla County, FL | 82 | 100 | 78.5 | $486K | +12.3% | #113 of 2,405 |
| 6Union County, FL | 80 | 22 | 51.0 | $664K | +5.2% | #132 of 2,405 |
| 7Clay County, FL | 79 | 677 | 80.9 | $499K | +9.4% | #157 of 2,405 |
| 8Pasco County, FL | 78 | 1,850 | 78.3 | $477K | +19.1% | #184 of 2,405 |
| 9Glades County, FL | 77 | 24 | 53.3 | $572K | +9.9% | #195 of 2,405 |
| 10Charlotte County, FL | 77 | 703 | 77.6 | $463K | +15.5% | #209 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Glades County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes77
- Sit-down restaurants78
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes35
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Glades County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 restaurants and cafes in Glades County. 4 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Glades County, FL spend on food away from home?
About $13.7M a year, or $3,049 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $572K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,500 households in Glades County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Glades County, FL compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Glades County has 53.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $572K, 54% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Glades County would have about 37, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 900 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Glades County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Glades County at 13,270 people in 2025, up 9.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,500 households. Median household income in Glades County is $45,870, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.9%, 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. Glades County scores 77 for restaurants and cafes (high), #195 of 2,405 scored counties.
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