Food and drink · Small-town market · Georgia
Restaurants and cafes in the Americus, GA area
How the Americus, GA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #467 of 538 scored small-town markets
#20 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 125
- 50 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 49
- +22.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $37.7M
- On food away from home · $2,988 a household
- Spending per listing
- $302K
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 99.0
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,394
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Americus area is 29 (lower middle), #467 of 538 scored small-town markets and #20 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on food away from home in the Americus area comes to about $37.7M a year: $2,988 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 125 restaurants and cafes, that is $302K per restaurant, 19% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 125 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Americus area as of September 2026. 50 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 99.0, 10% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Americus area in 2023, up 22.5% from 2019. That is one for every 258 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Americus area. Population estimates show the Americus area declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Americus area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Americus area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 99.0 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $302K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 258 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.5% | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,988 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $43,688 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 49+22.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 780
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12550 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 102The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $350K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Americus 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 Americus area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,394−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,625
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 650 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $43,688+14.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,698
- Median home value
- $122,400
- Jobs located here
- 10,904
- Daytime population
- 31,703Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson, GA | 86 | 285 | 100.3 | $413K | +29.3% | #10 of 538 |
| 2Calhoun, GA | 75 | 188 | 88.1 | $400K | +6.9% | #53 of 538 |
| 3Summerville, GA | 69 | 58 | 63.4 | $463K | +1.5% | #83 of 538 |
| 4Thomaston, GA | 66 | 78 | 73.6 | $439K | +2.7% | #109 of 538 |
| 5Kingsland, GA | 66 | 221 | 101.9 | $359K | +9.5% | #116 of 538 |
| 6Toccoa, GA | 62 | 85 | 80.8 | $379K | +3.8% | #155 of 538 |
| 7Cornelia, GA | 59 | 178 | 106.2 | $334K | +9.3% | #181 of 538 |
| 8Thomasville, GA | 52 | 261 | 90.7 | $368K | +1.3% | #244 of 538 |
| 9Cedartown, GA | 51 | 147 | 92.4 | $354K | +6.0% | #254 of 538 |
| 10Statesboro, GA | 45 | 354 | 101.3 | $324K | +8.0% | #322 of 538 |
| 20Americus, GA | 29 | 125 | 99.0 | $302K | −1.9% | #467 of 538 |
Other business types in the Americus area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes29
- Sit-down restaurants37
- Fast food and sandwich shops11
- Pizza13
- Coffee shops and cafes37
- Bakeries and dessert shops51
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Americus, GA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 125 restaurants and cafes in the Americus area. 50 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 22.5% from 2019. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Americus, GA area spend on food away from home?
About $37.7M 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 125 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $302K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,625 households in the Americus area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Americus, GA area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Americus area has 99.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $302K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Americus area would have about 102, against 125 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 258 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Americus, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Americus area at 33,394 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,625 households. Median household income in the Americus area is $43,688, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.5%, 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 Americus area scores 29 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #467 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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