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Restaurants and cafes in Bleckley County, GA
How Bleckley County, GA 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,241 of 2,405 scored counties
#67 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 42
- 23 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $15.2M
- On food away from home · $3,399 a household
- Spending per listing
- $361K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 94.1
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,866
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 42 restaurants and cafes in Bleckley County. Chain locations make up 55% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 94.1 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,399 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Bleckley County spend about $15.2M a year on food away from home. Spread across 42 restaurants and cafes, that is $361K per restaurant, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Bleckley County in 2023. That is one for every 279 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 Bleckley County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Bleckley County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,241 of 2,405 scored counties and #67 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Bleckley County 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 | Bleckley County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 94.1 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $361K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 279 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,399 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,008 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 310
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4223 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The 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 Bleckley 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 Bleckley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,866+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,465
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 216 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 58
- Median household income
- $62,008+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,806
- Median home value
- $149,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,486
- Daytime population
- 10,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 92 | 351 | 58.5 | $737K | +12.7% | #15 of 2,405 |
| 2Harris County, GA | 92 | 80 | 61.4 | $713K | +6.8% | #16 of 2,405 |
| 3Oglethorpe County, GA | 90 | 24 | 44.4 | $827K | +10.4% | #21 of 2,405 |
| 4Pike County, GA | 90 | 37 | 55.1 | $726K | +10.5% | #24 of 2,405 |
| 5Effingham County, GA | 90 | 150 | 61.8 | $661K | +14.1% | #27 of 2,405 |
| 6Lee County, GA | 87 | 54 | 43.9 | $901K | +2.9% | #39 of 2,405 |
| 7Monroe County, GA | 86 | 86 | 81.5 | $496K | +14.1% | #55 of 2,405 |
| 8Long County, GA | 85 | 21 | 34.1 | $958K | +32.6% | #57 of 2,405 |
| 9Jones County, GA | 83 | 44 | 40.8 | $908K | +2.8% | #79 of 2,405 |
| 10Jasper County, GA | 83 | 31 | 52.0 | $677K | +20.2% | #83 of 2,405 |
| 67Bleckley County, GA | 49 | 42 | 94.1 | $361K | +2.8% | #1,241 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Bleckley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes49
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops36
- Pizza29
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Bleckley County, GA?
Bleckley County has 42 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 23 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Bleckley County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $15.2M a year, or $3,399 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $361K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,465 households in Bleckley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bleckley County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Bleckley County has 94.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $361K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Bleckley County would have about 41, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 279 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Bleckley County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Bleckley County at 12,866 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,465 households. The median household income in Bleckley County is $62,008 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Bleckley County scores 49 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,241 of 2,405 scored counties.
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