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Restaurants and cafes in Decatur County, GA
How Decatur 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,021 of 2,405 scored counties
#98 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 98
- 45 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 44
- +12.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $33M
- On food away from home · $3,104 a household
- Spending per listing
- $336K
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 92.3
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,432
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Decatur County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #2,021 of 2,405 scored counties and #98 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 98 restaurants and cafes in Decatur County. 45 of them (46%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 92.3 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in Decatur County spend about $33M a year on food away from home, or $3,104 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $336K per restaurant, 9% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 44 businesses with payroll in Decatur County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 12.8% from 2019. That is one for every 241 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $714K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Decatur County. Population estimates put the population change in Decatur County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Decatur 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 | Decatur County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 92.3 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $336K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 241 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.8% | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,104 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,317 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 39 → 44+12.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 688
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9845 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 89The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $714K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Decatur 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 Decatur County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,4320.0% since 2020
- Households
- 10,621
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 597 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $53,317+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,600
- Median home value
- $158,800
- Jobs located here
- 8,437
- Daytime population
- 26,106Residents 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 |
| 98Decatur County, GA | 30 | 98 | 92.3 | $336K | 0.0% | #2,021 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Decatur County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes30
- Sit-down restaurants38
- Fast food and sandwich shops18
- Pizza13
- Coffee shops and cafes46
- Bakeries and dessert shops46
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Decatur County, GA?
There are 98 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Decatur County as of September 2026. 45 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 12.8% from 2019. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Decatur County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $33M a year, or $3,104 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 98 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $336K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,621 households in Decatur County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Decatur County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Decatur County has 92.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $336K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Decatur County would have about 89, against 98 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 241 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Decatur County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Decatur County at 29,432 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,621 households. The median household income in Decatur County is $53,317 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Decatur County scores 30 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #2,021 of 2,405 scored counties.
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