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Restaurants and cafes in Emanuel County, GA
How Emanuel 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,152 of 2,405 scored counties
#108 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 78
- 35 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- +12.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $24.2M
- On food away from home · $2,909 a household
- Spending per listing
- $310K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 93.8
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,147
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Emanuel County scores 26 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #2,152 of 2,405 scored counties and #108 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $2,909 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Emanuel County spend about $24.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $310K per restaurant, 16% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 78 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Emanuel County as of September 2026. Of those, 35 are chain locations, or 45%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 93.8 per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 36 businesses with payroll in Emanuel County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 231 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $985K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Emanuel County. Population estimates show Emanuel County grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Emanuel 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 | Emanuel County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 93.8 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $310K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 231 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.5% | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,909 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,772 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 36+12.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 462
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7835 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 65The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $985K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Emanuel 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 Emanuel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,147+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 8,312
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 681 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 34
- Median household income
- $52,772+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,783
- Median home value
- $94,700
- Jobs located here
- 7,501
- Daytime population
- 21,685Residents 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 |
| 108Emanuel County, GA | 26 | 78 | 93.8 | $310K | +1.2% | #2,152 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Emanuel County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes26
- Sit-down restaurants25
- Fast food and sandwich shops23
- Pizza14
- Coffee shops and cafes38
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Emanuel County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 78 restaurants and cafes in Emanuel County. 35 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Emanuel County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $24.2M a year, or $2,909 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 78 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $310K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,312 households in Emanuel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Emanuel County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Emanuel County has 93.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $310K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Emanuel County would have about 65, against 78 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 231 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Emanuel County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Emanuel County at 23,147 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,312 households. Median household income in Emanuel County is $52,772, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.9%, 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. Emanuel County scores 26 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #2,152 of 2,405 scored counties.
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